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Indian    Charity-Schobl, 


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NOW   INCORPORATKD    WITH 

DARTMOUtH-CoLLfeGE,' 

IM    THE    PHOVINCE   OF 

Ne^v-H  amps  hi r e . 
By  Eleazar  Wheelock,D.0. 

Prefident  •£  BARTMOUTH-COLLEGE. , 

HARTFORD: 
Pfiftted  ia  the  Year   1773. 


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Indian  Charity-School,  ^c. 

From  Sept,  26,  1772,  toScpt.  26, 1773, 


4*-$**$>h;^'$-<$*'$*  N  the  Appendix  to  my  laft  Nar- 
Ji**-****!;!;  rative,  I  gave  the  Publican  Ac- 
•*••§•  I  '^^  count  of  Mr,  Ripley's  Return 
•§•*§•  •«>♦$•  from  his  northern  Miflion,  and 

ttttttt  f  »>■''  b;i"8j"g  ''g"^  Y^uth. 
-r  vTP ^^^^   j.^Q^  ^Y\c Caghnawaga,  and  two 

from  the  Loretto  Tribes  of  Indians  with  him, 
to  this  School.  And  fuppofing  fome  farther 
Account  of  them  may  be  acceptable  to  nay 
Readers,  lihall  add.  That  after  fomc  little 


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Acquaintance  with  them,  I  undcrflood  that 
thole  from  Loretto  wire  Hurons,  and  couM 
fpcak  the  Language  of  that  Tribe  :  And  by  a 
thorough  Acquaintance,  Mr.  Dean  found  that 
there  was  luch  Affinity  between  their  Lan- 
guage, and  the  Onoida'o,  which  he  is  Ma'fter 
of,  that  with  very  little  Pains,  he  can  make 
himfeHfo  completely  Mailer  of  their  Language, 
as  to  be  able  to  difcourfe  and  preach  to  the  Hu- 
rons  freely  in  their  own  Tongue. 

They  manifeflec'i  great  Satisfadlion  in  being 
here  at  School,  and  feem'd  to  be  endow'd  with 
Principles  of  Honor,  Manhood  and  Benevo- 
lence, much  beyond  what  has  appeared  com- 
mon to  the  Natives ;  and  they  have  made  good 
Proficiency  in  the  School.  They  foon  began 
to  read  and  write  Englifti  ('which  an  Indian 
may  do  before  he  can  difcourfe  in  that  Tongue) 
and  as  they  could  fpeak  French  well,  I  order- 
ed Jofeph  Verruicl,  a  yaung  Frenchman,  to 
teach  them  to   read   the  French  Bible. 

This  Vcrruiel  came  providentially  from 
Canada  to  this  School,  almo'^.  two  Years  ago. 
His  Father  was  a  Lieutenant- Goloncl  of  the 
Militia  nea^  Quebec,  and  before  the  taking 
of  that  Place  by  the  Englifh,  his  Circumftan- 
cct  were  affluent.  He  had  fup-ported  this  Son 
two  Years  at  School,  in  France,  but  in  the 
Siege  at  Quebec  his  F.3oufe  was  burnt,  and  ht 
reduced  to  Poverty  i  whereupon  he  fent  for 

this 


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this  Sbn  home.     TW:  Youth  had  never  heard- 
of  this  School,  when  he  fat  (Mteich  a  Number 
of  Frenchmen,  on   a  JouHf  through    the 

K?  7  ?l!'r  V °  Conneaicut.  When 
he  had  reached  thefe  Nc«,.Englifh  Settlements, 
and  had  got  fufficient  Evidence  of  Deceit  i. 
.he  Man  they  had  put  Confidence  iB  to  coi' 
duet  them,  and  having  no  Intereft  of  his  own. 

hendmg  himfelf  unfafe  among  a  People  he 
could  not  underftand.  wh.le  he  was  fo  much  in 

who  had  been  formerly  Captives  in  C'anada. 
with  w.hom_^  he  could  converfe  in  his  own 
Language,  he  ftopped,  and  let  his  Compani- 
ons  go  forward  without  him.     In  this   Place. 

ed  of  this  School,  and  that  he  would  be  kind- 
y  treated.  ,f  he  Iheuld  be  admitted  into  it,  and 
that  no  eompulfion  was  ufed  in  Matte  »  of 
Rcl.g,on,  but  all  left  to  fearch,  and  fee,  and 
ridge  for  themfel ves,  he  def.red,  and  obtained 
Admittance  onTryal. 

Wh-en  he  came,  he  could  fpeak  fo  much 
Latm  that  we  could  underftand  him,  and  was 
able  to  read  and  underftand  the  moft  cf  the 
^if  .1  J^*l'"«''t.  and  foon  difcomed  Mim- 
hJ  P  •^^'^^""^^^'•P'*'  f""8htwith  all 
n,n  ^^'Tt""^'  '•g*'"'^  ProteftaSifm  which 
papa!  Artifice  could  infpire.  I  advifed  all 
coacerned   not  .  to    enter    into  any     warm 

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troverly,  nor  anyjuimt^  ...y.v-  >•■"•■   ■■   .  ■     _. 

QoelVionsforhisConfideranon.     He  .ppea  -      I     They  « 

iS-dcfKOU,  tofearchthcMauer   .o   tV,^B^^^      |     young 
torn,  andl>c.  and  judge  for   h.mfelf.     1  pro- 
cuied  a  French  Bible  tor  h.m,  which   he  had 
never  feen  before,  r\norc  than  the    Imall   A- 
b-ideroent  which  their  Clergy  allow  to  be  read. 
Hereaditwiih  great  D.hg^^nce  and  J-mprove- 
,neBt,and  foon  begar,  to  Qoeftion  the  Truth 
of  ma^  Things   which  he  had  I'^tore'akc" 
vpon  Truft.  wuh  no  other  Ground  of  Beliej. 
than  the  Authority  of  that  Church   and  found 
himfelf  conllrained  to   indulge    the  growing 
Sufpicion,  till  he  renounced  all  the  Peculiari- 
ties of  the  Poplfti  Religion,  and  became  a  fixed 
and  fettled  Protefiant  •,  on  which  I  determined 
to  carry  him  through  a  Coutfe  of  Co  legiate 
Learning   at  my  own   Expence,    unleis  (onie 
charitable  Friend  feould  find  it  in  his  Heart  to 
contribute  AffiAance  therein,  in  bopes  that  he 
may  by  the  Grace  of  God,  be  made  eminently 
\jfcful  to  his  miftaken  Brethren. 


These  Huronshave  ma'cle  goo.d  ProP.ciency 
in  reading  the  Bible,  and  appear  alio  to  be 
nearly  fatisfied  that  their  Teapher*  have  here- 
tofore much  impofed  upon  them,  an^  that  the 
Strength  of  the  Popifh  Caufc  don  t  lie  in  the 
Power  of  Truth,  butin  that  Datknefs  and  pro- 
found lanoraoce  which  they  are  fo  careful  to 
bring  up  and  hold  their  People  in,  as  to  a  great 
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Part  of  the  divine  Revelation  j  and  that  many 
Things,  merely  human,  were  impofed,  incul- 
cated, and  cnjoyned  upon  them  inftead  thereof. 
They  exprcffcd  a  Dcfire  that  fomc  of  their 
youngRclations  might  have  the  fame  Advan- 
tage of  Inftru^ion  as  they  had  \  and  accord- 
ingly, at  their  Defirc,  i  gave  them  Liberty  to 
makeaVifit  to  their  Friends  in  Canada,  and 
^nvite  a  Number  of  likely  Boys  to  return  with 
them  in  the  Fall  to  this  School.  Accordingly, 
in  May  they  let  out,  and  returned  a  few  Days 
ago,  and  inform  me  that  the  Oppofition  of 
their  Pricfts  was  fo  ftrong,  and  their  Artifices 
fo  many  that  they  could  not  prevail  to  bring 
any  Boys  with  them  at  prefent,  but  they  are  of 
Opinion  that  there  is  a  growing  Profpe^k  that 
a  great  Part  of  that  Town  will,  in  alittleTime, 
be  willing  and  glad  to  be  inftru6led  in  the 
whole  Truth  which  rns  their  eternal  Sal- 

vation.    Buthowc  -nay  be   with  Ref- 

pea  to  others  I  thi  vident  that  thefe 

have  loft  nothing  inn  of  the  Protcftant 

Faith  by  gofng  home. 

^s  t©  thofc  eight  who  came  with  thefe  from 
Caghncwaga,  one  of  whom  appeared  to  be 
near  thirty  Years  old,  and  three   more  to  have 

arrived  near  the  Age  of  Manhood After  I 

had  cloathed  them  decentlyv^they  foon  began 
iodifcover  the  Indian  Temper,  grew  impati- 
ctit  ot  Order  and  Governrsent  in  the  School, 
fhew'd  a  great  Inclination  to  be  hunting  and 

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,«wl>l.ng  m  the  Woods,  ^^  ^^^^^ 

afly  Kdpitt,   ^"""^     ,■  Wane  ot  Kind- 

demiaJ  of.  m  any  ^"'"'*'' ?  ^i,  i„Cal'e'.   in 
r       ,(  rii."  fnr   ihctn  ;  and  this  inv-aic, 

UkeW   to   do  Huit  lo  Ochers,  than  gci  v 

Libertv  toRO,  and   tfoai  thence  U)  Caghne 
w'a    and^n^t   ,eturn  agam  to   «h,s  School ' 
and%ccord>ngW  furn;,(bed  .hem    .nh  aU     ha 

was  neceff.rv  for  the.r  S^-^^'^' J^^^^'^^, 
Wt  iheSfhool,  Maichii,  and  all  Unealinns 
wuhtiofethey' left  behind,  at  one,  lubfid.d. 

Thk  Account  they  gave  on  their  Arrival 
at  Caghnewaga.  ot  the  Treatment  g-ven  the  . 
Bovs  ihev  left  he.e,  was  not  over  ^"endly  , 
holever:  I  bel:eve  they  have  done  the  Cau  c 
'rHu"  efpecially  a.  they  'he n.:.Kes  ^oe 
lb  .»u£h  better  Appearance  as  to  '  Jcr  Cloa^b 
,ng  ih  ,.n  they  did  when  they  came  fromHome. 

Three  of  the  Fathers  of  thefeChiUr.n.viz: 
M^Sstacy  and  Ph^hp^.  Fathers  oMhe 

i^ocaptive  Boys  before-.tentioned.  and^Sode^ 


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rcoufko  rather  of  anot!  cr,  all  repucabV-  in  thiS 
Tribe,  came  here  June  2d,  op       /jHc  to  their 
Childien.     Mr  S:acy  brougl^  to  Wi(e.  (who 
is  one  of  the  Natives)  with  Ivim.  And  Mr.Phi!- 
lips  bro«Jght  witV  him  a  Son,  who  appeared  to 
be  abom  24  Yearsold,  and  who  had  been  la'^- 
ly  eieaed,  and  i»fUlled  King   of   that  Tribe, 
(This  I  underftand  to  be  agreeable  totheCuf- 
torn  of  the  Indians,  to  chuic  and  Grawn  their 
Kings  while  thty  are  young,  and  to  have  them 
ready  to  execute  their  Office  on  thcRemovalof 
their  Predeccnfor.;     This  Son  Mr.  Philips  pro- 
iriifed  to  fend   to  me  for  an  Education  in  this 
School,  the  Lad  appeared  promifing,  and  was 
defirous  to  (lay  with  his  \u'e  Broiher.  and  his 
Father  would  have  left  him,  had    it  not  been 
that  certain  Rites  commonly  pradifed  among 
th^em,  to  ratify  the  Choice  of  a  King,  and  make 
it  more  publickly   known  among  tne    rrilics, 
yet  remained  to  be  performed,  and  his  putting 
his  Son  out  of  the  Way  while  they  were  confer- 
ring fuch  Honours  upon  him,  be  apprehended 
would  be  taken  j^s  an  Expreffion  of  Difrefpea, 
and  therefore  he  thought  it  not  expedient  to 
leave  his  Son  here  at  that  Time,  but  ejcprefild 
the  fiiUeft  Purpofe    to    lend    him    as   foon    a^ 
the  Way  Should   be   prepared   for  it,  which  I 
can't  but  conMer  as  a  very  hopeful  Omen  of 
fome  great  good  in  referve  for  thofe  Northern 
Tribes, 

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-„  Arrouotthat  their  Pneft 
They  gave  me  ^^J^'^°^^^^;  fending;  their  ■ 
«as  much  d.fpleafed    at   '^^  i,,^  p.g.ee 

Children  to  'l^'l  f ''""^'  ^uher  for   Patents  - 
that  he  had  retufed  to  P'^y  «'^J," 
er  Children  fincc  they  came  away. 

was  prevenicd  oy  Sickncis)  was  . 
detained. 

Tliolev  and  Mr.  Dean,  fat  out  on  a  m. 

■rl,L  Indians  at  Penobfcou.  and  on  iHe  Bay 
of  Fundy,as  rhey  (hauldfird  P^^S^'J,,^; 
aareeible  to  Reprelentat.ons   ^'""f  "J' '"' 

*f  a  Door  open  for  Setvue  among  them. 

rnt.oKEL  Goldthwait  Commander  of  the 
To^t  "pJioScott,  informed   them  t  «  fo- 

j,,.,er  of  Yeay  and  t, U  o^  td/  re^eivin, 
appeared  a  vc-y  fair  Prolpect  ,o  them, 

^     -a  M,(r.o.3ry,  had  one  been  ^^-d^^^^^^.^^  ^ 
but  now  the  Calc  appeaica 

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cufity 


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oirity  by  a  liberal  Dlfpenfaiion  cf  Pardons  of 
their  continual  Drunkennefs  and  all  ihe fordid 
vices  concomitant  with,  and  confcquent  there- 
on ;  and  which  arc  rcalonably  to  be  cxpeAcd, 
fo  long  as  the  Traders  are  under  no  reftraiiit  in 
felling,  nor   the  Indians  in   buying  Rum,  buc 
their  want  of  Ability  to  pay  for  it  -,  by  which 
Means  their  Poverty  and  Mifery    is  already 
come  upon   thenn,    Mr.  Ripley  fays,  beyond 
what  he  had  cverfcen  before   in  any  Inftance. 
By  thefe  Indulgencies  of  their  Priefts,  they  were 
fader  than  ever  attached  to  them,  though   by 
thefe  Means  they  were  wafting  and  decreafing 
faft  as  to  their  Number,  and   appeared  to  be 
nigh,  very  nigh   unto  curfing,   ifnfomuch  that 
within  a  very  few  Years,  according  to  the  pre- 
fent  Courfe  of  Things,  that  once  numerous 
and  formidable  Tribe,  which  has   been  fuch  a 
fare  Scourge   to  the  Englilh,    will  be   wholly 
Extinct. 

Among  thefe  Mr.  Ripley  found  an  Indian 
<if  whom  Colonel  Goldthwait  before  inform- 
ed him,  whofaid  he  belonged  to  a  very  large 
Tribe  far  Weft  of  Lake  Superior,  which  he 
cabled  MatfagtJeJf.JWackyyNh)ch  hved  far  beyond 
any  Communication  with,  or  Knowledge  of  the 
Englilb,  and  his  Charafter  among  the  Indians 
at  Pcnobfcott,  and  theEngblh  who  have  been 
fevcral  Years  acquainted  with  him,  for  Honef- 
ty  and  Veracity,  renders  the  Account  which  he 
ogives  worthy  of  more  Credit,  6c  alfo  as  his  Ac- 

count« 


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counts  have  beea  invariably  the:  fame  ever  ftnce 
'he  has  been  with  them,  i.  e.  fincc   the    leaking 

"    '  ch 


cf  Canadaby  the  Ei>i\nh,  aSumraary  of  wbi    ., 
is  this.  That  the  CouuCry  there    is  vaftly  Btr- 
tile— That   they    Plant  nothlnfj;     but   Indias^ 
Corn,   Mtlon3/Fuiiipii)ns--Thfet,  Rk'C,  Ft^'-is, 
Beans,  Apples,  Plums  T.bacco,  Grapes,  &c. 
grow  IpontaneouQy,  and  almoft  every  Thmg 
which'  he  had  feen  in  Canada  or  New- England, 
and  all  in  great  Plenty— That:  Horfes,  Gows, 
Sheep,  Goats,  Buffaloes,  were  Natives,  of  that 
Country,  ran  wild,  and  were  propagated  in  great 
Abundance  •,  alfo,  the  greatea  plenty  of  Fowls 
of  all  Sorts,  as  Turkies,  Gcefe,  Ducks,   liens,, 
i^igeons,  &c.  who  feed   chiefly  on  Rice---That 
the  Tribes  of  Indians  were  vaftly  nuRfierous,. 
and  their  Wars   generally  every   Year— The 
Weapons  they  ufc  in  War,    were   Bows  and 
Arrows,  and  a   heavy  Club—Their   Arrows 
are  pointed  with  Stone,  and  fe^metimes  poifon- 
cd— That  the  Armies  which  met  at  the  taking 
Quebec,  (where  he  was    on  the  fide  of  the 
Brcnch)  were  but  a  handful  compared  with. 
thofc  who  commonly  met  in  War  m  his  Coun- 
try—That when  they  met  »>pOQ.,a  very  large 
llain,  where  they  ufcd  commonly  .to  Fighr  the 
armies  were  lb  large  that  he  could  not  ktUotn 
^nc  End  to  the  other  of  them. 

The  Account  he  gives  of  his  coming  into 
^his  Part  of  the  Continent  is,  That  he  was  ta- 
W  Captive,  and  being  young  and  able  bodi- 
^^  cd. 


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cS,  tie  w^s  Sold,  Tas  is  their  Cuftom  to  ^cal  with 
fuch,  the  old  and  decripcd  they  kill,  and  thus 
as  aCaptive  he  was  Sold,  and  pafs'd  from  Tribe 
to  Tribe,  till  he  got  into  the  Hands  of  one 
who  were  in  Connc(5tirjn  with  the  French,  and 
there  became  one  of  ile  C^uota  which  that 
Tribe  was  to  furnilh  the  French  for  that  War, 
whfere  he  got  Acquantance  with  the  Pcnob- 
fcott  Indians,  and  cameHome  with  them  when 
the  War  was  over,  and  married  one  of  that 
Tribe,  by  which  Means  he  has  been  prevent- 
ed returning  to  his  own  People,  as  his  Wiffc 
will  not  Confenc  to  it  though  he  hasgreatly 
defired  it. 

He  fays  he  never  heand  of,  nor  does  he  {\ip^ 
pofe  that  his  Nation,  have  any  Notion  of» 
Supreme  Being— He  fays  they  have  verylittfe, 
or  almoft  no  Winter  there,  and  tells  of  many 
and  vaftly  great  Tribes  which  he  paflcd  thro* 
before  he  came  toCanada.  He  fays  theOccafiofii 
of  their  War  is  never  to  defend  Property,  nor 
is  there  ever  Oecafion  for  that,  as  they  haVfc 
•very  where  fuch  F'illnefs,  and  Room  enough 
for  all  i  but  ic  is  only  out  of  Pride  tofee  whicfe 
Nation  have  the  l>Taveft  Men. 

An  Indian  of  the  Annudcweffafitixht^  which 
is  commonly  at  War  mth  tht Matfegneffawacks^ 
has  alfo  been  at  Pcnobfcott,  and  gives  an  Ac- 
count limikr  to  the  mod  cflcKitial  Parts  of  thid 
Relation,  by  which  it  is  made  yet  wjgjc  credi- 
ble, A^ 


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At  Mr.  Ripley's  Defi re,  the  Chiefs  of  that 
Tribe  met  together,  on  which  pccafion  be  had 
the  Affiftance  of  Capt.  Fletcher,  the  Province 
Interpreter,  by   whom   he   Gommanicated  to 
them  his  Errand  •,  after  a  (hort  ConfultatiOB 
among  thcmfelves.  they  gave  for  Sobftance  the 
following  Anfwer,  viz.  After   thanking  hirn 
aod  thofe  who  fcnt   him,  they  faid  God  had 
taught  them  a  way  to  Pray   which   was  right, 
meaning  the  whole  Popiih  Way  of  Worftiip, 
to  which  Religion  ihcy  (eemed  much  attached, 
and  added,  their  Childrea  would  not  be  willing 
to  come,  and  if  they  were,  they  could  not  get 
a  HWne  by  it  5  and   Ihewed  no  Inclination  te 
fend  them,  to  which  Mr.  Ripley  thought  pro- 
per to  ret  nrj»  tbcm  a&'irt  Anlwer,  in  which 
he  expreffcd  the  Kmdnels  of  the  Lnghrh  in 
making  the  Offer  to  them,  and  that  the  Offer 
made  them  was  of  GoD-That  they  would  be 
the  only  Sufferers  by  refufing  it-That   the 
Enalifh  would,  by  theirRefufal,  befaved  much 
Pains,  and  Expencc  to  do  them  good,  &c. 

At  this  Place  Mr.  Ripley  found  an  Indian 
Youth  of  the  Nalic  Tribe,  who  bad  ior  feveral 
Years  been  with  thefe  and  the  Indians  at  St. 
Fra««/,  till  he  is  become  thorough  Matter  of 
theLanguages  of  both  the  Tribes,  which  are 
near  alike-his  moral  Charaaer  being  very 
good,  and  there  appeared  a  Profpeft  Bt  his  be- 
rnm.n*  a  fine  Interpreter,  and  a  very  ufeful 
M^.lhould  he  have  proper  M«aluies  ot  L«ar- 

Bing, 


^  (  ^5  ) 

ning,  Mr.  Ripley  invited'  him  to  come  witH 
him  to  this  School,  he  complycd  with  the 
greateft  Chearfulnefs,  and  arrived  July  28,  and 
has  conduced  agreeably: 

Mr.  Ripley  has  reprefcntcd  to  me  that  Mif- 
fionaries  among  the   poor  EngliJh  Settlers  m 
that  Quarter  are  employed  and  lupported  by 
that  Province,  viz.  the  Majfacbufetts  Bsy,  and 
that  he  found  it  quite  confiftent  with  the  De- 
fign  of  his  Miffijn  to  fcrve  that  charitable  Dc- 
fign  towards  thofe  Settlers  alfo,  and  is  of  Opi- 
nion that  they   will  be  more  likely  to  find  ac- 
ecfs  to  the  Indians,  and  be  more  beneficial  to 
them,  confidering  the  Jealoufics  which  thtir 
Priefts  infpirc,  if  they  Ihould  go  in  the  Charac- 
ter of  Englilh   Miflionaries,  and    ^s   having 
tfeemfor  their  Objca,  than  in  the  Charafter  of 
Miflionaries  to  the  Indians  •,  fo  that  their  La- 
bours among  the  Indians   might  appear  to  be 
only  occauonal,  and  not  in  Confcqucnceof  any 
fpccial  anteccdentRefpca:  to  them,  in  which  Ca- 
pacity they  may  vifit  the  Indians  as  often,  and 
fpcnd  as  much  Time  with  them,  as  will  likely 
be  profitable  at  prefent,  and  yet  peform  nearly 
the  Service  which  would  be  rcafonably  expea- 
cd  amoBg  the  Englifh,  and  the  Expcnce  for 
each  be  kflcned  thereby.     And  I  know  tbcfc 
charitable  Gentlemen  of  the  Committee,  and 
their  Conftitucnts,  of  that  Province  will  re- 
joice in  any  Plan  that  ftiall  make  their  Chanty 
more  cxtcnfivcly  beneficial  to  the  bouls   of 

Men, 


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Upok  receiving  varioos  ^cc°""^  f'°™  f  ^ 

Vnrrhward   which  creourago  a  Hope  «hat  a 

r^o  f mJ  be  foon  opened  .or  Miffions  among 

I    -r   uic  in  fhp  Province  of  Canada,   rcvcrai 

;?j;'£a;n;;^who-.^;-L?na^ 

Province,  to   gee  Acq-i""-e  w'th   the     n- 
hab  tants,  and   learn  the  C«fto<^''    an^  J-"" 

K^rK  nf  the  French  and, Indians,  in. 
fS  o  q  alit  thccnfelve,  for  aM,ffion  there. 
?  dk  weU  approve  of  the  Propofal,  «  the  Ind,- 
L, trfo  much  French,fed.  and  l-^ely  n>ore 
or  £s  acquainted  with  the  French  Tongue 
wherever  the  Frenthhave  traded,  or  imployed 
S;  M^nipnaries  a,«ong  them  for  many  bun- 

fired  MilcS' 

AcGORDiKGLV.  Meffieurs  Thomas_KendaU 
Elifha  Forter,  Andrew  Judfon,  and  w>th  them 
tofeph  Vcrruiel  fat  ov>t  on  the  15th  «  June, 
Softer  the  three  firft   had  recovered  of  the 
sln-pU«hichtKv received  by  Inoculation 
irSo-Su  Mr.  Kendal  'ou^n^  a  very  em  , 
nent  Situafion  for  Lcarnmg  wtvat  be  hadm 
XS.  at Mrs.  Soacy-s  at  C^S^''^->^S''^^'^J';^ 
found  himlelff«  happy  aj  to  g*'" '^^  R«,  f/* 
QfaU  about  h,m.  both  trenca  ,nu   l..-.-n^. 


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^ndhad  as  manyIadianB:»ys  applying  to  him  for 
hTslnftrufttona$  he  defired,  and  more  than  he 
was  wellab'.'d  to  attend  upon,which  gave  him  an 
Opportunity  to  be  immediately  pToficablc  to 
tl4m  while  he  was  under  the  bed  Advantage 
toprolecute  thcDwQgn  of  fiuing  himfclf  for 
that  Service. 

Tmb  D.fficulty  of  introducing  and  fettling  A 
MiOionary  in  any  of  thcirTribes,  and  thcLengih 
of  Time,  and  expenfive  Ceremonies  always  ne- 
cclTary  to  effea  it,  has  led  me  mare  and    more 
into  a  favourable  Opimon  of  Miflionaries  itiner- 
ating among  them/and  accardingly  of  qualify- 
ing fuitable  Youths  for  that  Purpofe  •,  who  may 
be  ablt  to  fpeak  to  the  feveral  Tribes   in   their 
own  bmguaoes,  and  as  itinerant   MifTionarics  « 
travel  from  Tribe  to  Tribe,  in  which  Charaaer 
their  continuance  at   particular   Places  may  be  ' 
agreeable  to  thelnftruaions  which  Christ  gave 
the  itmerants  which  he  fent  forth,  as  their  Pru-  ' 
dence  fhould  dilate,  and  the  Reception  their 
Pcrfons  and  Meffigc  (hould  find  among  ihcctik 

I  THINK  it  worthy  our  Confideratloft  whether 
there  would  not  be  much  lefs  Danger  of  thofc 
Jeaioufies  which  have  been  f  j  conftantly  a  great 
Impediment  in  the  Way  of  ftaicd  Miffionanes, 
and  much  lefs  expofe  them  to  their  Rage,  or  it 
they  (hould  find  thcmrdves  in  Danger,  make 
thelrRcticat  more  cafy,  and  without  Noife,  and  ■• 
aive  them  Opportunity,  according  to  Christ's  • 
Uirettioa  to  icavc  tnein  ma  i^xAiiniii  wii-AWiv^v*  - 


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tb'  awiVcn  tbcirGonfcicnces.  «nd  eWue  them 
to  Confideration. 

A  i^umber  of  Nliffiorwries  thus  employed 
i»nf  have  pSiar  Advantage  to  ftrcngtken  one 
rrSt!!eVsHand..«.utuaUy  confirm  on^^ 
Mfff^oe  advifc  one  another  of  Dangers  on  wic 
Snd.  and  encouraging  Profpefts  on  the  o; 
Ser"  Hd'th«rM.ffion  in  the  ^J^'.^PP^JS 
tefoeftable  among  theSavages.  And  it  9°*^^"^H«: 
Slfr%yaccor«?anyd,e.«^^ 

,A  K.  fond  of  fo\  owing,  and  rccomtpeoding 
SePr«ch:ri>lS;s%nl;^^  come 

Tn  their  Way. 

We  have  had  plentiful  fexperieHce  6f  this 
5n?ears  oaft,  as  great  Numbers  can  W  tncfs 

favinK  Converfion  to  Chnlt,  were  oy 

S.e  Reports  and  D'f^ourles^f  othe«  who  j  re 

Hrv;rg';;cbu^y"-infpire ^his  young  Se.^.^^^^ 
"ho  are  willingly  offen.>g  themfelves  to  th>sSer^ 


•  (     xj     )  1 

vitc,  with  WifdoTxi*  and  a  holy  Zeal,  and  fen^ 
thcm.forth  in  the  Power  and  Spidtof  Elias,an<4 
Cfown  their  pionas  Laboiars  with  his  Blcfilng. 

Mr.  Dean  has  now  finiflied  ih  Courfc  of 
Studies  here,  and  upon  findwig,  as  I  have  alrea- 
dy mentioned,  that  he  may  with  Kttlc  Expcnce 
be  able  to  Prcath  to  the  Hurons  freely  in  thtiiir 
oWn  Tongue,  has  determined  if  Goxn  plcafes^ 
when  be  has  perfefted  himfelf  in  the  French 
Tooguc,  to  enter  upon  a  Miffion,  and  with  a 
proper  Companion,  preach  aj,  an  Itinerant,  not 
only  to  the  S-ix  Nations  (with  whom  he  lived 
inany  Years  from  his  touth)  but  to  all  the 
Tribes  that  can  underftand  him,  t»  a  thoufand 
Miles  end,  ti  fuch  there  ire  at  that  pftancc.  • 

ME^iiEtTRS  Stacy  and  fhiliipi  on  their  late ' 
Vifit  informed  tne  that  by  learning  one  Lan- 
guage bcfides  the  Mahockf  which  he  already 
Ets,  he  would  be  able  to  difcourfc  and  preach 
to  all  the  Tribes  back  trorti  Montreal  for  (ott\^ 
hundred  Milei. 

"  My  Expences  here  have  hitherto  ncceffarilf 
been  great,  and  every  confiderate  Man  wiUcafi* 
iy  conceive  them  to  have  been  rHUch  greater,  oA 
Account  of  the  Difficulty  and  Diftance  of  Tranf- 
poridtion,  and  cf^pecially  as  tht  Roads  are  yet 
fo  new  and  rough.  It  is  likely  In  Ttme  new 
toaiket^  will  be  opened,  and  Stares  provideA 
nearer  and  more  convenient,  but  thece  miift  bo 
Tunc  to  cffcft  k,  and  great  Expcnce  tQ  cfear 

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vhe  Roads  and  make  ihtm  fcaf.ble  for  Carriag», '. 
b  u  the  greatea  and  fureft  Profpeft  I  have   of.  • 
ReS.lf  as  to  the  grea.eft  and  heav.eft  Part  of  th.s 
cxtraord.nary  Trouble  and  Expence  is  from  the 
Cgltivation  of  thefe  Lands;  when  we  can   at- 
tain tea  follnefs  of  all  which  this  Soil  will   pro-  . 
duce    we  (hall  require  but  comparatively  (mall 
Importation  to  make  our  Subfiaancc  comforta-  , 
ble,  and  1  brg'n  already  to  feel  the  Benefit. 

My  Crops '  were  confiderably    (hortened  the 
laft  Year,  the  former  by  an  vincommon   Kam  at 
the  Beglmiing  of  the  Harveft,  the  latter  by  an 
untimely  Froft,   yet  the  Benefit  of  that  wh.cft 
was  faved  was  very  fenf.ble      And  I  have   th. 
Year  cut  about  double   the  Quantity  of  Hay 
which  T  cut  .he  laft  Year,  viz.  about,  thirty  Tons, 
and  if  God  Oiall  graciouQy  continue  his  Smiles, 
and  grant  Increafe  according  to  the  prefcnt  Prof- 
peal   1  expea  to  cut  Btiy  or  fixty  Tons  the 
next  Year.     I  have  r.aped  about  twenty  Acres 
of  EngV.fliGra-n,  ^hich  Crop  appeared  to  be 
very   heavy  before  Harvefl,  and  proved  to  be 
loo  much  fo,  as  a  confiderabie  Part  of  >t  ffll 
d..wn  with  its  own  Weight  bef.re  the  Seed  had 
oot  to  ma^uritv,  the  Conftquer.ce  of  wh.ch  all 
e^nericncal  Fara:ers  well  Know  •.  however,  tho 
it'  be  muohlefs  than  the  Profj eft  was  it  is  a  ve- 
ry  confiderable  Rcl.ef.     J  have  abovt  twxnty 
icres  of  Indian  Corn   on  the  Ground    wh'ch,. 
ce"fi,le.nnE  th>    N-ewnefi  ard  impcrffft  liUagc 
■""'""  fesaconUderableCrop.        . 


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The  Number  of  my  Labourers  for  fix  Months 
pad,  has  generally  been  from  Thirty  to  Forty, 
befides  thofe  employed  at  the  Mills,  in  the 
Kitchen,  Wa{h-Houre,&c.  The  Number  of  my 
Students  dependant  and  indepcndant  the  hi\ 
Year  was  about  Eighty,  and  the  Number  of  my 
Family  together,  confequently  large,  and  thro* 
the  pure  Mercy  of  God  I  have  been  blcffcd  with 
a  peaceableFamily,diligent  andordcrlyStudents, 
&  faithfulLabourers.  I  have  not  heard  a  profane 
Word  fpoken  by  one  of  my  Number,  nor  have 
I  Reafonto  think  there  has  been  one  for  three 
Years  paO,  nor  do  profane  Perfons  exped  to  be 
employed  in  anySprylce,  or  allowed  to  continue 
here. 

I  4AVE  fcven  Yoke  of  Oxen,  and  about  twef^- 
tv  Cows,  all  the  Property  and  employed  in  the 
Service  ot  the  School.  I  have  cleared,  f'-nced 
and  fowed  about  fifteen  Acrt'S  of  Wheat,  the 
clearingof  the  Ground  I  entered  uprn  the  laft 
Year  and  have  found  it  Coflly,  a^  I  expected  I 
(hould,  it  being  very  heavy  timbered,  but  as  the 
Soil  is  good,  and  contiguous  to  the  Schoel,  I 
expert  it  will  well  repay  the  Coft  of  it. 

I  HAVE  cleared  fufHcicnt  for  Paflurrng,  i  •. 
have  cut  and  girdled  all  the  Growth  upon  five 
Hundred  Acres,  and  a  Part  of  it  have  fowed 
with  Hay- Seed  ;  the  reft  I  exped  will  be  ready 
to  receive  rhe  Sccd^  as  foon  as  it  Ihall  be  dry 
enough  to  burn  the  Trafh  upon  it  in  the  Spring, 

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Xands  which  I  Have  alr«oy  ^^^j.  j 

t,U,  1  txpea,  Coft  ^^XdmofteffeaualMe- 
Jav;  ftodied  the  chcaP^ft  a«d  mo        .  ^  ^^^.^  ^^^ 

^Ihods  I  coul-)  to  "«^"'^ 'pJ^^e-fAnd  however 

\Gentlemen  at  a  Diftancc  may  jppfoved 

J^y  Condua,  fo  for  « J  ^""^ied  with  K 
^;  all  who  bayc  b«"  "^."f  Sacisfaftipn  tb 
a  It  gives  t.e  very  fcnfib  S  ^^^^^  ^^ 
^„o«  that  my  bonored  ^atr  ^.^j^^^^  ^^^.t 

'approve  ot  ray^*^.'""^  TuouW  not  have  taken 
y^Jrcfs  APP^^Sp  an^?unher  than  I  (ho^ld 

hwe  ventuvea  .o  w" 


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dcnefs,  no«/^'"^;;!v':Targe  one  1  buiU for  tny 

Students,andoth*rneceiaiy  ^^^ ^  j(,d 

feme  of  ihem  reputable  on«,^  .^  fomcCa..nec- 


»nen 


and  fuch  as  nai 


^.onVub,aBdh-^vcb.€n 


Admitted  fc.f  ih«  ^'^l: 


(  ^3  ) 

fit  of  <;his  School,  and  the  moft  of  thcra  trcar  ft- 
niftcd,  and  all  cxpefV  to  be  habitable  jind  com- 
fomblc  before  Winter,  and  all  withm^  Sixty 
Rods   of  the  College— Bf  this  Means  the  Nc- 
ccffities  of  thii  School  have  been  relieved  in  Part 
ts  to  Room  for  my  Students— Yet  the  prefc^it 
bleceflity  qf  another  and  larger  Building  appcari 
to  be  fuch,  that  the  growth  of  this  Seminary 
giuft   ncceffarily   be  ftinted  without  it.     This 
Necefllty  I  have  reprefented  to  my  honored  ^*. 
trpns  in  England,  and  doubt  not  they  will  re^ 
conrmend  the  charitable  Defign  as  they  fhall 
think  advifeablc.     I  alfo  recommended  it  to  t^le 
honorable  Corporation  of  this  College  at  their 
Meethig  laft  May  ;  in  coofequence  of  whica 
they  applied  to  the  honorable  General  Aflembiy 
of  thisProvincc(who  were  then  fitting)  for  their 
En/couragement  and  Affiftance  ;  who  generouQy 
Granted  /,500  Lawful  Money     at  ot  the  Fro- 
vince  Treafury  to  begin  with.     Whereupon  the 
Truftecs  taking   into   their  Cqnfideration,  how 
c'raciauQyGoD   had  opened  the  Hearts  ofbis 
People  on  both  Sides   the  Water,  to  contribute 
(o  liberally  to  fupport  and  build  up  this  Infl-uu- 
tion,  a»nd  that  through  his  Blefling  th.nr  reason- 
able  Expcaations  have  been  fo  fully  anCwered 
in  the  pTOgrefs  and  Sgccefs  of  it  hitherto,  as  that 
none  have  Occafion  to  regret  their  Expence^  or 
indulge  the  leaft  u«eafy  Reflcftion  on  Account 
of  their  paftLiberality  towards  it;  but  on  the  o- 
thcr  Hand,  the  Profpe^  of  the  extenfive  Utilu; 
<rfit,  to  the.  great  and  piou*  Ends  propofcd  by 

'    tn^ 


*i 


il 


1^ 


i    ! 


3 


111 


i' 


.:1 


(       24 


; 


%ht 


Bencfaacrs,  U  fo  fair  and  prcmlGng.  "^.'P-/ 


■J 


uftlv  infp're 


a  Conficeiice 


that   GcD   wtll  not 


the  other  Hand,  will  yet  cp«? 


the  Hearts  ui  lu  .      r      ^  •   tv  ccefSty  alio. 

firft  atiempied  by  a  Subknpt.on. 

'     T        nrt  ^et  able  very  precifely   to  fay  what 

whether  with  Brick,  or  Stone, 

■    We   havedifcoveredac*nMerableBodyof 

^good  Stone  at  the  D>flancc  o   =>boutJ^^«f,'^7,^^ 
fers  of  a  Mile  from  the  Spot   F^V^'^,''.;  -  j  ^ 
■^uildiBg  •,  and  fonie  who  have  exam    ed     ^uCg 
■there  w^U  be  Stone  enough  t'^^^X'^^'.'^.e 
^that  willprove  w.  ";.  b^- j"^    ,  R.'^Cr 
.l,ave  got  enough  for  -'J^^^^"' ^f^^  „,ed     with 
Ground     Sto.y,*and   all     ".^'^^^'''V;^  .ug,,,. 
^Buildings  of  th,s  Nature  tray  ^^^^/j^.f^i, 
Ydves  of  the  b^peace  ^      'l.;^[^^'\^d  l:ke1y 
edeem  it  to  be  ^.^.^^  ^'';^J,r    I'y'confidtr  the, 
S  tu  e!  Ufe   and  Defign  of  theBuiid.ng,  that  t< 

-ll^prlpofed  to  finifl,  it  in  the   moft  pla'n.^de- 

'd"np   ai   pTffcrt   propofcd  U  IH 


*  TH5  r'an  of  t^c   Bti-'d  np 


Vett  lung,  and  Ji  wiae.  s£a 
Exilic  ot  Ground  itary. 


I  he 


f      45      ) 

«nt,  and' cheapeft  Manner,  /f'"  the^orick 
Order,  and  all  may  be  alTured  that  it  fhal  be 
performed  with  all  the  Prudence,  Care  HdeU- 
tv  and  good  Oeconomy  which  I  am  MaRer  oh 
The  Public  may  expeft  a  faithful  Account  of 
Expences  as  often  as  Ihall  be  reafonable,  ana  ot 
the  whole  when  it  i&  fini&ed. 

•  By  what  I  have  thus  imperfeaiy  reprefenfed 
.rtiseafy  to  fee  what  is  now  my  Obj-a,  vz.  to 
begin  and  fiwith  this  large  Building  compleat 
what  I  have  began  in  putting  afu-fable  Part  of 
thefe  Lands  under  proper  Gukivat.on.  and  ihe 
fooner  this  be  done  the  fccrer  will  (he  School 
have  theComfcrt  and  Benefit  p-ropofed  by  them. 

Another  Barn  will  likely  foon  be  Nece fTarr. 
as  alfo  a  Houfe,  an.  Accomodations  for  a  Dairy, 
&c.    afid   though  the   Expences  to  accemphfh 
t^xfeThiPgs  muft  nectfftnly  be  grent,  yer  rite 
Fund  thereby  b/id   will  be   iafting,  and    1  hope 
fufficient  to  fupport  a  large  Number  of  Indians, 
and  pious  Youth  who  fliall  d*vote  themfelves  to 
the  Service  of  the  Redeemjs  with  their  whole 
Hearts,  in  a  pleafing  S  .cctffion  ro   the    larnt 
Generation.      And   aUo    by  what    I    have  fa.d  I 
ttuft  Gentleiren  of  Co.nfideration    and  Penetra- 
ticnw.llfee  that   now  is   the  Tme  if  ever  fcr 
the  Frierds  of  this  InftWotion  to  lei^d  a  "lelp-.ng 
Hand,  and  efpecialiy  sr '  bcV.eve  nonr^w,!  thmk 
it  prudent  to  abate  our   endeavours  fr,r  tl.e  ia- 
oans,our  Hrft  and  gteM  Gbjeft,  on  Account  of 
Ihcfeex.taordinaryExpences  which  are  tobor- 


r\fxr, 


B 


(     ^6    ) 


dinate 
jxient 


foch  Abate 


Would 

iate    Endeavours    with 
.hematleaft  cnC^rvgcr  the  Rcputamn  of  th, 

greater  Embarra  ime  ^^^^  in,p,o- 


Greatnefs  "^.^P'^fJelXforth^  which  i. 

Shilling,  pet  Aonom.    I  J°"!  J°°'"     „,  fo 

Lands,  and  1  don  t  lay  tnib  ut    ,  . 

r^Mff.  for  it  i<5  found  to  be  fo  in  Inftances  not  a 

by"egkAin(5tor,ake  this  Innprovcment  of  u. 

When  I  fninl.  of  ^^«  g'^"' y^^gJef^PfJ- 
f.nr  F«nence  for  the  Support  of  fixteen  or  le 
Jrn.en'fSn  Boys  whCll.  has  been  mr  Nj.-- 
bcr  all  fhe  lall  Year,  and  a,  ma-ny  EnRhlhYooth 


piohrin   the   Wildernels 


;nd 


c  n  ) 

-  .t.Mr  qtjooort  wholly  from  this  Qjiac- 

'"fv'?^  Ylr-!fuchV  Number  of  Ubourcrs- 

''^ f'^^tir^^zJm  to  boild  a  Houfe  for 
and  under  r>l=f  "V^  ,7,,^  i:„ed  in  was  on- 
Hiyfelf  (as  <he  Houfc  1  Jvave^bved  '«  3^^,^ 
ataally  plai»ned  tor  a  Swrc-Houlcror  inc  , 

ffi  haiflieea  for  fome  Time  «fcd  J^^'f"  ^f ^^ 
•:j  and  muft  l^^^^^^^^ 

would  fulBcc  for  t^J^    'foJntSnSfs  of 

•S"";  ^  hue  ^hcH  confide  I  have  not  been 
Heart  1  but  wnen  ^  ^^       n^r 

reeking  tnyfelf  i"  f «  ,^;'P,4;jt  Dell^cratVca; 
have  I  taken  one  S«P  T^^^J'^iat  if  further 
and  4fe'"Bp""?;SS  on  which  alone  I 
Hefources  from  j^^"  ^ ^e  firft   fcJ^ld  be  with- 

held,  yec  that  which  *«  ^"l^^j*'^^^^^^  as 

by  noMeans  loft  to  th.s  Scja'rt,  no  lo  m     .^_ 

everbeexpofedtoReproachash^^^^^^^^ 

prudently  «P«.f  ^"J  •' "^^^^  J  "^  to  foffer  my 
always  made   u  my  p;a«'9^'  ""  private Intcr- 

\*^'r'  ".n^C^fcU    ulTbrKht  to  that 

eft  will  pay  »n  *-»"^^^ '"?"  „  Tuftice— — But  tbi? 
Necemty,todomyC,edaorsJuft.ce        ^^  ^^^^.^ 

ConGderation  which  above  all  otne    ,        ^^  ^^^ 
and  is  mv  f°»«'^'f  ^^^Scirulnly  has,  and 


Pi 


(    28    ; 


(L 


,^^, 


(and  we  yet  fee  but  the  Beginning  of  It)  he  m\l 
accomplilh  it,  let  the  Devices, Counfcls  and  Ma» 
ehinations  of  Men,  or  Devils  againftit  be   v^hat 
they  will.     And  I  wi(h  I  may  alwa-ys  be  difpof. 
cd  with  the  Temper  and  becoming  the  Charac- 
ter of  a  Servant  lo  have  my  Eyes  ever  to  him— 
Under  thefeApprehenfionsJ  can't  be  anxious  a- 
bout  theEvcnt.  God  has  done  grcatThingsforit 
hitherto,  &I  may  not  go  back,  but  wait  upon  & 
hope  in  him  to  mainta'n,  fupport  and  defend  it, 
&  perform  what  is  wanting  for  it  in  his  ovrn  Way 
and  Time.  Certainly  bis  Hand  has  been  confpi- 
cuous,  in  the  Beginning,  Rife,  and  Progrefs   cf 
it,  through  fo  many  dark  Scenes.     When  in  it's 
Infancy  and  was  the  Objed  of  Contempt,  it  was 
the  Hand  of  Goathat  opened,  and  difpof^d  the 
Hearts  of  fo  many  on   both  Sides  the  Water  to 
fuch  pious  &  charitableLiberal  ties  for  the  Sup- 
port ot  it. — It  was  theFinger  cf  God  that  pointed 
out  fuch  a  wife,  godly,  honourable,  and  friendly 
Patronage  for  it  in    Europe — And  what  but  a 
Divine  Influence  lliould  move  my    worthy  Pa- 
trons with  fo  much  Chcarfufnefs  to  accept    thac 
Inf^portant  T(u(l  in  London,  and  with  fuch  S^ea- 
dintfs,  diiinterelled  Zeal,  profecure  the   Defign 
hitherto — It  was  the  Hand  uf  God  that  advanc* 
ed  it's  great  Friend  and  Pdtron,   the  Right  Ha- 
HOUFable  William  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  to  tFe 
American  Adrniniilration,  at  fuch  a  Time,   and 
wh'le  he  was  in  fuch    Conricdlion  with    tliis  Se- 
minary— It  was  th-e  Hand  cf  God   that  opened 
the  Heart  of  our  grauous  Sovereign  to  (hew  his 
•pricccly  [viuniScence   towards  ic  in   his   Royai 

Bii)unt/ 


«IMfW*S*»*<**^^- 


(     29     ) 

feiuaty  of  two  Hundred  Pounds  Sterling,  4od 
mo  e  efpedally  in  ratifying  a  Charter  "dow.ng 
U  with  all  the  Powers,  Imtnunuies,  and  Pr.vile- 
ce-3  of  any  Univerfity  in  his  Kingdonri  by  which 
g   fntere'fts  of  it  are'  ..oft  effcaually  fecured 
and  thofe  wha  arc  g  aduated  m  it  have  not  an 
erfipy  Title,  but  b/  Law  haveGla.m  to  all  thof« 
rTS  and    Privileges  belonging  to  Graduates 
nanyUnlverfuy  with.n   the  Realm  of  Great- 
B,S.-Was  it  not   the   Hand  of  a  grat.ous  . 
Goo  that  advanced  fo  important  and  benefic.al 
a  Friend  as  his   Excellency  Gorernor  Went- 
toRTHtotheCbairin  this  Province-,   atjd  drf- 
pofed  him  as  a  nurfing  Father  to  P"roB.ze  th  s 
KcrCaufe  in  its  Infancy  ,n  this  W.ldernefs  ? 
Has  not  a  divine  Hand  been   quite  conrp:cuouS 
in  defea'.n-  the  Plots   and   Efforts  of  the  Eoe^ 
Usof  ;hirCaofe,andover.ruling  therr  Coun^ 
fels  and  Devices  quite  to  other  Purpofes  than 
they  defigned  ?  Certainly  the  gracious  Hand  of 
gS  has  been  very  evident  to  all  acquainted,  .a 
That  Regularity  and  good  &Azr  wh,ch  has  unm- 
erruptedly  fuif.fted^ere,  and  that  without  any 
other  Form  of-Governoient  than  parental. 

Th ese  Things  are  not  the  Refulc  and  ProduA' 
or  the  Wifdom°  Sagacity,  or  Prudence  of  the 
Vife  Politicks  of  the  Age,  but  God  has  evident- 
ly and  »pon  Defign  to  hide  Pride  from  Man 
11  make  the  Excellency  -^.^.s  Power  and 
Grace  confpicuous  herein,  made  Cho  ce  of  an 
I.ftrument  every  _way  "nequalto^u  Wy 
this  looks  lik«  his  nan  w  msK-v  lu*  «».v..v..-:^ 


w 


(    30    ) 

of  his  own  Pen'caiafls  appear,   and  fct«re  M. 
the  Glory  to  himfelt. 

i  THINK  in  tbefo  and  otherlnftanccs,  too  ma- 
ny to  enumerate,  wile  Obfefvers  have,  or  might 
hlvl  f«n,  and  been  conftrained  to  acknowledge 
the  loviHg  Kindntft  of  tk«  Lord  towards  th.s 
ioftitution. 

^  A«D  if  there  things  be  jo  and  fo  fure  *i  they 
hefo  thts  School  is  an  objed  inviting  the  Cha- 
tty ^  the  Friends  of  Zion-and  thofe  whom 
Gnn  has  hoBored  withAbility  have  this,  among 
m^r Ways  opened  for  them  in  Return  to  honor 
?S  LorKitTtheir  Subftance.  t^or  have  they 
k^aK^ar  (\f  thefe  Things  be  fo^  that  the.r 

Slm«  will  ever  be  "Pof^^^^.^S?  "ht^ 
ceedinfi  Generations,   or   theit  /^"f  X  "f.^, 
Occafi  to  regret  it   if  «»>«,  fh°uld  eftabh^ 
fftrhcfflfelvesa  Namehere,  wiiH  a  band  tor  tne 
lopmjTof  neceffaryProfeffors  &  I«ftj«^o«'.  °\ 
3?ary,Gr  aMathefsatical.  and  Ph,  ofophiGa! 
AdSus  or  by  feme  diftingui(hing Liberality 
SKth;bu;din,oftheEdificepropoe^o^^ 
K«  «nv  other  laaing  Benefit  which    their  pious 
5re"i  *iy  devife^owards  thss  Inftitutton    or 
t?eEtiourlgem^nt  of  any  ufefu!  Branch  of  L> 
tcratute  in  it     And  I  hope  none  will  ever  find 
SSafion  to  complain  of  an  ungrateful  Retur^n 
for  any  expreffiep  of  their  Kmdnef.  '"d  Oianty 
wwardt  the  Ei>courage>:*eiit  of  this  Caute. 

Trk  ftteateft  ofttward  Jmpedinwnt  in^he 


Ir 


(    31 


) 


Way  to  the  Succcfs  of  all  Endeavours  in  th« 
Caufe,  and  that  whick  above  every    th,^gelfe 
has  been,  and  is  difcooragmg  to   M.ffionanes, 
and  hafr^ndercd  their  Attempts  fru«efs  amons 
the  Indians,  is  the  vicious  and   .m-naoral  Lives 
nf  fuch  as  are  fettled  on  their  Borders,   and  the 
Avart  and  other  Vices  of  the  Traders  that 
fre  among  them,  their  making  Merchandjfe  of 
the  slls  of  the  Savages,  by  an  unl.m.  ed  Sale 
Lf  Rum     If  thefe  Evils  can't  be  remedied,  the, 
Sea  is  ceruinly  gloomy,  -tels  M.monanes 
can  fiad  Means  to  penetrate  into  their  G^ountry 
Wvond  the  Reach  of  this  Contagion.     I  hope 
through  the  Smiles  of  Heaven  upon   the  pro- 
pof^d'Travels  of  Mr.  Dean  and  his  Compan^"; 
amonadiftant  Tribes   the  enfumg  Year,  lomc 
po?e  favourable  Profpefts  faay  be  opened  taour 

View. 

I  would  take  this'OpRortunity  very  thankful- 
ly to  acknowledge  *ht  Receipt  of  «)any  ^f 
T  etters  from  dear  Friends  of  various  Cbarafters, 
wSch  I  have  not  been  able  to  anf«e.,  for  Wa-nt 
of  Leifure  -,  and  alfo  for  many  Expreffions  of 
ICmdnefs  and  Charity  toward  this  ScbocJ.    oo 
many  to  enumerate.     I  ihall  only  "nentujn  the 
Stcd  Munificence  of  the  Son.  Col.  Joho 
Sps.  Efq-.  of  Exeter,  by  his  l«e  Donation 
of /.125  Lawful  Money,  which,  added  to  the 
Prefenthemade  the  lafr  Year,  coirtpletes  the 
&£.'300'     And  alfo  I  may  not  orn^berc 
rhe  gcncftTus  Legacy  of  ^.1-50  Lawftt^Mon^^ 


m 


V 


(    3 


; 


and  a  valuable  L 


_ibrary,  left  to  this  College  and 
School' by\"hVuft  W.llof  that  eminent  Servant 
of  Christ,  the  Kcv'd  Dlodatc  Johnfon,  late  of 
Milliftgton,   m  Connea.cut,   deccafed. 

IsHALLonly  add  my  Defue  ot  the  fervent. 
Prayers  of  all  fuch  as  have  the  Redeemer's 
Cauteat  Heart,  that  God  would  mercifuU; 
cuide  me  in  the  great  Affair  before  me,  by  hiS 
Courfel,  and  luccced  all  future  Endeavours,  ac- 
cording  to  bis  Word,  however  feeble  they  may 
bei  to  build  up  and  enlarge  the  Kngdom  6f 
^hegloriotfs  Rtdeem^r.      AMEN. 


Id 


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r's 

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lis 

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C     34     ) 

ThclndianCHARiTY- School  inccrpo-  "j 

rated  with  Dartmouth-Colleqi,  VDcbtor. 
to  ELEAZAR  WHEELCCK,     3 


From   Sept.  i,  1772, 


to 


] 


I. 


d. 


17    <^i 


MS     7 


4t 


^1 


143  M 


9*. 


Aott.aj    To  Eipcoce  of  printiog  the  Ctaii 

paatioD  of  ihcNarraiifc  of  ihii School  from  ^  17 

Miy,  1771.  «o  September.  1772. 

ToCifh  piid  towirdi  Support  of  Miffiot>at>«» 

exclQUfC  of  Cicaihicg.  Horfci  tud  Foroi 

ik  tore,  which  w<te  taken  out  of  ihe   com 

mon  Stock,  ,        ,  . 

To  Eipencc  of  Cloitbiog.  Faroitore.Laboor. 

PfOTifioni, Materia  I  for  BoildiDgi.  Soppott  i  ,j^^  j     ^i. 

of  Miftcn,  Joaroici,  tad   other  idchJcd 

ttl  Chargei, 
To  Expence  of  clearicg  Laod, 

N  B  RtccWcd  ffom  the  Rcf .  Mr.  Crodeo, 
of  GUfgow,Gcodi  totheAaioantof  if  9^8  3  «. 
beiofl  iheRemaioderof  the  Colkaioo  made  ^ 
hif  CoDgregitioo  ;  lod  £  i6  a  6.  from  thj 
Relief  Coogregaiieo  io  Boibwell.  each  of  which 
bm  Wco  wlicd  to  th*  yftof  the  School,  ea- 
cloTwcofiUeiboTf.  ^  /7i$8i    x    < 

l^  Errors  Excepted,  txTui^TTT  nricT 

*  ELEAZAR  WHEELOCK. 

PROVING  v5  of     1 
/r    D   i>  <i«rf  imdi  filmn  Oath  to  ihi  Tratk  of-  tie 

i7:,fZXT.ptiia  /.  d.  ufi  4i<^ii  scM.  "»"'■ 


Aagolt  a{>  1773 


(    35    ) 

Tt^IndianCHARiTY-ScHooL  incorpoO       „ 
rated  with  DartmoutmCollece,  SCrcditor 
toELdAZAR  WHEELOCK,     ^ 

Auguft  25,  I773-' 


I. 

35 
150 

190 
70 


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O      01 


SOM.Bf  ii«iUociof  tbt   kftAccowt,    ^ 
^J;  ^   ^'BytBiUofEschiOfeioPtfPWof) 

tkf,  li.  By  rfmo  ioFafouf Mr .  Petw  Ltomto, 
By  ditto  in  Ftvoit  cJhtr, 

Hy  ditto  to  Pavoof  ditto, 

^y  ditto  io  Ptfoor  MeffD.  «c  J.7 

By  ditto  loPifflW  Ctpt.Nit.Bickoi,  ito 
Oee.i.    By  ditto  ioFtfoof  Mf.A*»«l •«•"«.     5^ 
1773.   By  ditto  mhtaBt  Doa.  Staocll     ^  ^^ 

^eb   U    5y  ditto  to  Fi^.   dot .  WeDtwonb,     lO    « 
M«K)i  li.  By  <>»«o  »o  PtfOorOpi.SciliWfifbf,    50 
.g  By  ditto  io  FtfonrMrJoGih  Moody,    go^ 
iaocit.     By  ditto  10  Fwoor  Moff.  Cotliof  I     ^^ 
'  ood  HotohiaioOi  J      ' 

Aigoft  |.  By  <iit«.  b  Fif do; CptjStl.  Bickoi.  3«0 
*     '   ByCilh  received  oC  the  Rcf .  pt^a<l7 

Awy.   towirdt  Uit  BMpeoccy     »f 
of   bit  Edocttioo,  1^ 

lyBtlUace  cirindw  D)r.tfi«w  ^  ^^^^  ^^    ^ 

AeeooDfi  ^   J ^_. 


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TO    HIS     EXCELLEKCY 

John  Wentworth,  Ef^i 

Hampshire. 

D.  L»-  rtcuuv.  Prayeth» 

in  faid  Province,  ^'  1 

l     appoint  and  due^  l^mc  _^^^^^  ^^ 

or^rfQas,  to  'f  ^^' "*,'J'ee,ved,  and  expend- 
dry  Accounts  of  Monies  ^ecei^^  '  ^^.^ 

^d   bv  vdur  Mensorial.ft,  for  the  Uie  m  i 
School.  f?ccn  the  fi.ft  Day  of  September.  KX- 
1772,  to   this  Day. 

And  your  MemoriaV.ft  (hallevcr  pray,  &c. 

ELEAZAR  WHEELOCK 


Ha^iovcr^  Auguft  25.  >773 


(    37 

tfji^        PROVINCE   of  NEW  HAMPJMIRE. 

L.s.  3  Te  SamoeI  Hoba»i,  Johm  Par- 
J*       KKR  and     Nicholas    Gilman,- 
■^.i^  Efquires. 

APPLICATION  having  been  made  to  m 
by  the  Reverend  EUazar  IVheelock,  D.  D. 
of  Hanover,  in  the  Province  aforcfa.d,  that 
Auditors  may  he  appointed  to  infpeft.  examine 
and  audit  aa  Account  of  Monies  received  and 
upended  by  him.  the  faid  Eleazar  fVbeehck 
tor  the  Ufe  and  Purpofes  of  an  Indian  Charity 
School.unaer  hisDireaion.inHKnover  aforefaid. 

YoxT  are  therefore  hereby  required  and  au- 
thorized,  faithfully  and  ftriftly  to  infpedt  and 
examine  fuch  Accounts  ^s  may  be  exhibited  to 
you  by  the  faid  EUazar  Whtelock,  and  forth- 
with make  Return  of  yotir  Dau.gs  herein. 

Given  under  my  Hand,  and.  Seal,  tbh  Jwenty- 
Fifth  Day  of  Auguli,  in  the  fbirttentb 
Tear  of  His  MujJfs  Reign.  A.  D.  1773. 


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PHOVJHCB  .«      ^      At  W""**''"'"**^!^-?™^'/ 
v£w HAMPSHIRE. J  of Gr..//^»,AugufttheTwen- 

^  t,  Sixth,  One  Thoufand. 

Seven  Huttdred  and  Seven- 
ty Three*. 

•VN  Purfuance  ot  the   wUhm  Warrant,  to  us 
.rrn  i'urioftncc  w  gCM„  exammea  the 

1   direaed,  wc  na''%""lr"/,.d  the  feveral 
^nexed  Accounts,  and  com^aed  the  ^ 

Charges  therein.  «.th  the  W'^/p  ;,,„ce, 

-  Parti!oUr»,  and  i'''"g  >"  ;>/„  ofth«  Articles 
at.  of  Opinion  that  the  Prices  ot  tn  ^^_ 

■  *re  joft  and  reafonable  •,  and   by  tnc 

fervation.  be.ng  «°^  ?"  'Jfes  the  crc'**^'''^* 
that  theDoMtionsand  MoB.es  the  ^^  ^^^ 

have  been  "^^  *;;«1  Jf ^f  ^S'„o  Charge  has 
Oeconcmy.   .An«l*«*l"^.  "    .,    for  Doaor 
been  made   in  the   fa.d  f  "ount,  10 
Wbeelock'iTitnt,  «>nftant  Fatigue,  ^a'J 
Trouble,  ia  tranfafting  and  managing  the 
duous  Affjirs  of  this  School. 

SAMUEL  HOBART, 
JOHN  I'AR^ER. 
NICHOLAS  OILMAN. 


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^V  igj^pjji         PROVINCE  OF  NEW-HAMPSHIRE.  % 

By  HIS  EXCELLENCY 
JOHN  IVEmtVORrH,  EsQi 
Governor  and  Comtnander  in  Chief 
in  and  over  his  Majefty's  Province 
of  New-Hampshire,  and  Vice- 
Admiral  of  the  fame. 

THf  SE  Certify  that  Piter  GUman,  E(q\  b.c- 
fore  «nd  by  whom  the  annexed  Account 
of  Doaor  Eleazar  metlock  is  fworn  to  and  ccr- 
tified,  is  a  Juftice  of  the  Peace  throughout  faid 
Province  of  Ncw-Hamp(h:re,  duly  and  regular- 
ly commiffionated  and  fworii,  and  is  a  proper 
Officer  for  adminiftring  fuch  Oath,  and  certify- 
ing  the  fame Therefore  full  Faith  and  Cre- 
dit is  and  ought  to  bc'given  to  fucb  his  Tranf- 
aftions  both  in  Court  and  without. 

In  Testimony  whereof,  I  have  caufed  the 
Seal  of  the  faid  Province  of  Ncw^Hampfhvre  to 
be  hereunto  affixed,  this  fixth  Day  of  Septem* 
ber,  in  the  thirteenth  Year  of  the  Rcignof  our 
Sovereign  Lord,  George  theTkird,  ot  Great- 
Britain,  France  and  Ireland,  King,  Defender  of 
the  Faith,  &c.  And  in  th«  Year  of  our  Lord 
Christ,  1773. 

J.  WENTWORTH, 

By  bis  Ei4celkncy*s  Command,^ 
Theodore   Atkinson,  3nry. 


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APPENDIX. 


October  i5tb,   177S" 


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rVMiE  Want  of  a  favourable  Opportunity  to 
,1    fend  the  foregoing  to  the  Prefs  allow*  me 
toacdalate   Account  which  I  h'^ve  by  pood 
Authority,  that  upon  the  Invitation  of  Sir  W.l 
liam  Johnfon,  all  the  Tnbes  of  chriftian.zed  In- 
dians in  New-England  have  determined  to  re- 
move and  fettle  In  a  5ody  -j'^'n/he  Borders  of 
the  Six  N^^ions,  the   Rev'd    Mr.  Occom.  and 
fevcral  oth7rs,  Indian  Youths  of  good  Charac- 
ters, who  have  been  educated   in  thisSchool. 
and  at  prefent  appear  proH^fing  to  a?comFany 
them  as  Preachers  •.  fuch  a  Srcp  as  this   Lhaje 
one  Thought,  could  it  be  eeffled   would  be  a 
moft  likely  Mean  to  prevent  and  ff cu.e  them 
Sft  thofe  Evils  anH   Mifchiefs  which    they 
Sve  fuffered,  and  which   «•)' ;,^'^"J"  »'^'''" 
from  the  Vices  of  their  Engl'.fh  Neighbours  on 
^    their  Borders,  and  the  Traders  who  deal  among 
ihem   and  invite  and  draw  the.Sivages  inioan 
Eftce'm  and  Pradice  of  Relipion,  and  ^ha';'"- 
Sones  to  cVilized  Life.     But   this    Prcfptft 
:«,.„^c  hut  a  little  Way  as  the  Number  purpoi- 
bTihus  to  renove  bears  but  a  fmall  P'O^oi.u 


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QB  to  the  vaft  Extcn-t  of  our  Frontiers.  Get* 
efant  the  Leaven  thus  put  imo  the  Lump  may 
|)readfarand  wide  tillthe  whole  be  leavened. 

It  may  perhaps   graufy  my  friendly  Reader 
and  ffiv:^  him  a  more  clear  View  and  Concepti^ 
on  of  my  Situation,  Exercifes,  and  Labours  in 
this  new  World,  if  I  (hould  give  him  anAccouni 
of  the  particular  Branches  of  the  Bufmefs  and 
Purfui-ts  of  one  Day  ;  I  (hall  therefore  give  him 
ik  Account  of  the  prefert,  not  becaufe  there  is 
any  Thin^fpecial  or  rnorc  than  has  been  cotn- 
mon  tocvery  Day  fbr  many  Month's  paf^,   (for 
1  don't  apprehend  there  is;  but  becaufe   I  »m 
ibie  with  certainty  to  know  and  relate  ?he  Buft' 
ncffes,   and  Occurrences   of  the   prefent  Day, 
which,  amidft  fomany  and  continual  Exerciles 
can't  be  fo  recolkaed,  as  to  give  the  Account 
With  the  fame  EHaantfs  and  Certamry  as  U  may 
be  done  while  they  are  aftualiy  bcforemc.  Aod 
itis  as  follows  :  •         - 

Three  Men  e-np'.oytd  in  clearing  L*nc?  at 
Landiff,  'Where  I  am  nuk.ng  a  large  Improve, 
hSent  for  the  School,  while  I  aai  divng  'he  D^ity 
requued  by  Charterio  prcverit  the  Forfeit«'« 
otthat  Town— One  fappufcd  to  be  now  return- 
ine  with  Stores  from  Norwich  m  Connefticut 
200  Miles'd.ftan',  with  a  Team  of  S'X  Oxen» 
with  whom  I  exped  one  or  twa  I  earns  mote 
which  were  to  be  procured  a-.d  hired  ihc?— 
Tbrce  Labourers  at  the   Mills   repainne  ferr^e 


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Bf€acVes  and  String  the ^  for  Uft— Fourteen 
employed  about  my  Hoofc,  to  prepare  for  ray 
Removal  into  it  as  foon  as  may  be— Two  cm- 
ployed  as  Cooks  in  the  College  Kitchen— Three 
digging  the  Cellar  for  the  new  College  and 
drawing  away  the  Dirt  with  a  Team— F»^  ga- 
thei;iag  in  the  Indi*n  Hajveft-^Four  receiving, 
counting  and  fecuri^g  Brick,  which  I  bought  &i 
Lyme— ^Several  employed  by  my  Agent  at 
Plainfield  about  ten  or  twelve  Miles  from  this 
Place,  in  digging  and  preparing  Lime  St©nc  to 
be  put  into  a  Kiln  to  be  burnt,  for  aXryal,  whc» 
tber  a  Supply  of  Lime  may  be  got  there  for  the 
new  College  and  other  Buildings.  All  which 
Branches  of  Bufincfs  are  Neccflary,  and  neither - 
of  them  can  with  PrudenGC  be  omitted. 

The  common  Price  of  Labourers  per  Day  In 
Law/ul  Money  Cthey  FoaVding  themfelves)  ha* 
been,  for  common  Labourers  3/.  for  Mafter 
Workmen  ot  Carpenters,  Joiners,  and  Mafons 
Ironfi  4J.  to  6;.— —The  Price  of  feveral  Sorts 
oiJL^bor  is  of  en  varied  higher  or  lower  accord* 
iflg  to  the  various  Circumflances,  and  D'fficuW 
t*es  of  performing  it,  ot€are  andSkill  to  beeiter- 
cif^d  about  it. 

Thi:  common  Prices  of  Provifions  in  thi* 
"Part  of  the  Province  fince  I  have  been  here, 
have  been,  Beef  that  is  only  Pafture  fed,  20  s, 
fer  Hjundred — Pork  33  s^ — Wheat  5  s,  per 
Bp(hel,and  the  bel  of  Wheat  6  j. — Rye  3  s,  6d, 
Indian  Corn  5  i=  6  d.  and  '>  <.^— Ssit  i2i.— -^^o« 
lalTes  per  Gallon  5  J.  This 


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Thk  Day  alfo  the  Rcv'd  Mefliears  Ripley, 
MaccluerandFriIbie,iD  compliance  wifh  my 
Defire  have  determined  to  take  a  Journey  thro* 
SvmiP?o^inces,tofoMt:itthe  charitable  Con- 
ScSsofgaodPeopleto.nablemeto 

cecd  in  Building  the  new  College,  wtnout  which 
Affiftance  the  Work  muft  neceflar.ly  foon  ttop. 

The  areat  Diftance  at  which  thefe  M  ffiona- 
rics  Meffieurs  Maccluerand  Frilbie,  have  been 
from  me  in  their  late  Miffion  to  Mofk«ngom, 
ha,  forbid  my  g-ying  any  par^cular  Account 
of  it.  till  their  late  Return  to  me,  which  is  fo 
Seifonablc  that  I  may  here  add.  an  Abftraft  of 
one  of  their  Journals. 


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TO      THE 


Delaware  Indians, 

WcftofthcOHio,  entered  upon  June  19.  1772, 

By  the  Rev.  Meff.  David  Maccluer  and  Levj 
Frisbie,  who  r«;turn'd  O^ober  2,    1773. 

Given   by   the  Former, 


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X77^.  r|  ^O  OK  leave  of  our  hcnor'd 
Jufieiotk*  L  P^^^^^  ^^^  Friends  and  fee 
out  from  Hanover,  and  paffing  through  Conmm- 
cui  we  caird  on  Mr.  Occcm  at  Mohtgan,  in  hopes 
of  having  his  Cooipany  into  the  Wildernefs, 
but  his  Affairs  he  inform'd  us  would  not  admit 
his  taking  a  Mifpon  at  prcfent. 

A-  ir7:^^l.^/l,_<r/)«i*  in  AT^wj  7^r/^v.  we  fcceiv- 

cd 


(    45   ) 

cd  a  CommiflTvon  from  the  Honorable  JBoard  of 
C  orrrcrpondents  for  propagating  Chrvttian 
Knowledge,  under  whofe  Direftion  wc  are  in 
the  prclenc  MifTion. 

Having  experienced  m  ich  Kindnefs  from 
Gentlemen  on  ourWay,  wearrived  on  July  i6th, 
at  the  RevM.  Mr.  Braimrd'^   at  Brotberton,  to 
whom  we  were  referred  f  r  further  Intelligence 
and  Direftion  relative  to  the  Delaware  Indians 
at  Mujkingum.     Mr.  Brainerd  informed  us  that 
fome  Indians  lately  from  the  Frontiers  of  P^«- 
fyhanta  had  brought  him  very  difagrceable  Ti- 
dinps  of  the /«ir^»^  beyond  Fort  -  Pitt -,  fuchas 
made  it  look  very  difcouraging  to  attempt  the 
Introduaion  of  the  Gofpel  among  them  ;   that 
fcveralMurders  and  Infuks  had  been  lately  com^ 
m'ttcdinfome  of  the  backSettlements;  and  that 
from  what  he  could  learn  from  the  Indtan$  whQ 
had  lately  traveird  into  the  Indians  Country  anti 
lately  return'd,  the  Delawares  at  Mujkingum  who 
were  the  Objeds  of  bur  Miflion,  were   at  pre-: 
fent  inclining  to  a  Rupture  with  the  Englifi. 

Had  It  not  been  for  thefe  difcouraging  Cir- 
(ilimftances,Mr.  Brainerd  had  determined  to  ac- 
company us  and  introduce  the  Miffion  among 
thelndiani.  In  Confcqucncc  of  thefe  Tidings 
we  were  at  a  lofs  which  way  Duty  oall'd  us  ; 
and  having  tarried  fome  Days  at  Brotherten  znd 
got  Acquaintance  with  the  Indians  there,  Mr, 
Brainerd  was  kind  enough  to  accompany  us^  to 
Phikdelpbia^iQ  !^x  further  Light  in  the  Aitair, 

where 


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^ihtrt  foon  afcer  our  Arrival,  as  many  of  the 
Honorabk  Board  of  Correfponcents  as  couM 
then  convene,  dcurrrnned  in  ConfcqucRce  of 
the  Difcouragemcnts  already  mcntipned,  that  if 
was  not  advilablc  or  fafe  to  carry  into  Executi- 
on the  firft  Dcf^^n  of  our  Miflion,  but  inftetd 
of  proceeding  xoMufkingum^  to  makcanExcur- 
jRon  up  the  Sujqutbanna  among  a  Part  of  th^ 
Delaware  Tribt:  who  lire  on  ihc^'i/l  Branch  of 
that  River,  at  a  Place  called  the  Bigljland.  And 
having  obtained  a  Paffport  and  Rcf:ommendati- 
on  from  his  Honor  the  Gov«jiK>r  to  the  Indians, , 
and  Letters  Tccommendatory  to  Gentlemen  on, 
our  Way  to  the  Big  JJlaficf,  we  fet  out, 

y^ly  2?,  F-om  Pbilad^'pbta,  and  on  our  Ar^ 
nival  at  Lancader,  we  faw  a  Trader  who  refides 
at  the  lower  Sbawmfe  Town  beyond  the  Ohio,. 
who  informed  us^  That  a  few  Weeks  paft  he. 
came  through  the  Delawares  Towns  on  the 
^ujkwgutn,  oti  his  Way  from  the  ShwnefeCoun- 
try,  and  that  the  Behwares,  and  ShawfiefSy  and 
^11  tkt  neighbouring  Tnbes  of  Indians  were  in 
|)erfea  Peace,  and  a  good  Underftanding  fob- 
fifted  between  thcrfj  and  the  Engli/b  ;  this  gave 
us  Courage  and  determined  us  to  Jay  afide  ih4 
Thought  of  going  up  the  Sufquebanna,  efpecial- 
)y  as  the  fame  Perfon  inform'd  us.  That  the  In# 
dran^  there  were  moving  ofF  and  leaving  that 
Country  which  not  long  ft  nee  had  been  Sold  rq 
the  Englifii.  and  wete  movmg  down  fnmc  to 
the  River  Mufk'mpum.  and  others  to  an  Indian 
Town  caird  kujkvfkcefig,  about  Sixty  Miles  be- 


(    47    ) 

AugUn  ift.  Several  Gentlemen  in  this 
Town  (Lancafter)  affured  us,  That  they  had  ' 
received  certain  InteHigence  from  the  Weft- 
ward,  that  the  Indians  were  peaceable  and 
friendly,  and  Affairs  looke  i  encouraging,  and 
Duty  fccmed  to  point  out  our  Way  to  Mufkin- 
gum  i  wc  thereupon  determined  to  proceed  to 
Fort-Pitt^  where  we  (hou'd  be  able  to  get  a  iuH 
Account  of  Profpefts.  We  communicated  our 
Dcfign  to  Do^or  Boyd  of  this  Town,  who  fa- 
voured us  with  Letters  to  the  late  and  to  the 
prefent  Supcrintendant  for  Indian  Affairs,  and.: 
to  fomc  other  Gentlemen  ot  Influence,  at  th^ 
Station, 

jd.  Monday.  Felt  more  animated  in  the 
Bufmefs  of  our  MiffioB,  than  for  fome  Days 
paft  ;  we  left  Lancafter  and  after  crofling  tic 
Sufquehanna,  arrived  at  the  Rev'd.  Mr.  Z)«/- 
field's^  near  CarHfle  ;  who  received  m  with  great 
Kindnef8,and  rejoiced  thL.  we  were  engaged  ia 
the  important  Bufincfs  of  making  known  the 
Saviour  to  the  poor  Heatken.  He  wrote  by 
us  to  Net'tab'twale-man,  King  of  the  Delawares^ 
and  warmly  recommci/ded  us  to  tbe  kind  Re- 
ception of  him  and  his  People. 

8th.  SATtyRDAV.  As  Mr.  Frffiie  was  un- 
well, Heft  him  at  Mr.  Dtfi?^/^'^,  and  .proceeded 
forward  for  the  Sake  of  keeping  Sabbath  at  m 
vacant  Settlement,  and  waited  for  him  till  ^^ 

came  up.  '•    •         - 


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i'lth.    Tuesday.    Met   Mr.  Fri/lie  at   the 
Rev'd.  Mr.  Cooper's  in  Sbipfenjburg. 

15th.  Saturday.  To  Day  rciched  Ligo- 
nier.  The  moft  of  the  Week  pad  we  fpent  in 
tiding,  climbi.ng  and  walking  the  Appalachian 
Mountalrjs  •,  feveral  of  thofe  Mountains  are  ex- 
tremely high  and  ftecp,of  which  the  Allegany  is 
the  lar^eft,  and  on  the  top  commands  a  fine 
Frofpeft  of  Hills  and  Vallies— -they  arc  feparat- 
edby  Vallies,  and  the  Road  over  them  extends 
fromEaft  to  Weft,  near  an  hundred  Miles. 

16th.  LordVDay.  Preached  to  the  People 
«f  this  new  Settlement,  who  appear  defiro\is  to 
Kcar  the  Gofpel. 

iSth.  Tuesday.  iTefterdfay  we  were  pre- 
rented  journeyi-ng  on  Account^  of  the  Rain. 
ThisMor,nipg  fetoutand  met  one  of  the  Chiets 
of  the  Mingoe  Indians,  going  to.  Sir  miliam 
iobnjon%  known  by  the  Name  of  Kiahputah-^ 
To  him  we  communicated  our  Defign  and  afk- 
td  his  Opinion,  he  canfidered  of  it  a  few  Mo- 
fficnts,  and  told  us  by  his  Interpreter,  he  was 
afraid  it  would  not  do.  The  chief  O  >>eaions 
fie  urged  was.  That  the  Indians  were  a  roving 

.pic,  and  coold  npt  attend  to  hear  about  Re- 
riffion.  However,  he  told  us  to  take  Courage, 
irnd  beftrong— That  the  King  rfthe  Delawares 
was  at  Home.  and.  he  thought  many  of  them 
would ! ike  oilr  coming. 


(     49     ) 


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19th.  Wednesday.  Reached  Fort-Pitt. 

20th.  Waited  on  the  Commanding,  Officer 
an  '  ame  Ocntlendenof  Influence  who  appear'd 
to  wifh  well  to  the  Caufc  and  defirous  to  pro- 
mote our  Succefs. 

2 1  ft.  We  were  very  anxious  about  procuring 
an  Interpreter,  efpecially  as   fo  few   goM  ones 
are  to  be  foUi.id  in  thcfe  parts,  and  fo  much  d^- 
pend^.  upon  the  Gopdnefs  and  Fidelity  of  an  In- 
terpreter i — when  quite  unexpddled    we  provi- 
dentiajly  found  7(?/^^i>  P^^p;^  here,  the  very  In- 
dian who  was  Interpreter  to  Meflieurs  Beatty  and 
Duffiild  in  their  MifTion  about  fix  Years  ago,  to 
the  fame  Place  whc^re  we  ^re  bound.     This  wc 
view  as  an  Omen  for   good.     He   happened  to 
to  be  here  on  our    Arrival  with  bis,  and  about 
fifty  Indian  Families  o^   their  Way   from  the 
Sufqaehanna  to  the  Mujkingum  Country,  as   wa^ 
mentioned  above  ;  and  what  is  remarkable  and 
a  ground  for  our  Encouragement   and   Thanki 
to  God,  is  that  thofe  Indians   go  down  with  i 
fixed  Refolution  to  live  by  the  Cultivation   of 
their  Lands,  and  renounce  the  wandring  Life  of 
Savages,  and  for  this  Purpofe   they  have  witn 
them  all  neceflary  Ucenfils  for   Hufbandry.— - 
May  their  Example  have  the  iamc  falutary  Ef- 
fect ©n  their  miferable  Neighbours  I 

23d.  Lord*s-Day.    At  the  Invuation  uf  thef 
Commander  we  preached   to  the   Garrifon  anl 


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the  £  Wuh  his  Family  inotder  to  meet  J.me 
ot  .hri-leads  ot  h.s  Tribe  at  a  Place  two  Days 
lourney  from  th.s,  «hexe  they  are  .0  hold  a 
S3  abcu.  fixino  ..  a  Plac.  to  bu.ld  al  o.n 
after  which  he  is  to  return  and  let  cut  with  us 
for  Mulkingum. 

,ift  The  Time  Jojtpb  had  appointed  to  be 
ba?k  havTng  expiredf  ^c  .nxiouay  jva.ted  b. 
Return.  A  few  Days  paft  wrote  a  Letter  to 
d,e  E"  of  the  DW.Ur«  informing  h.m  of  our 
ImenKandthatweho,cdtoleeh>m    in  a 

IhoriTime.  * 

S001  after  our  Arrival  here  Mr.  Frijbie  vfas 
taken  Sick  The  Fatigues  of  the  Journey  and 
the  Hea  of  the  Seafun  proved  too  powerful  for 
his  infirm  Conaitution,  and  threw  hm.  into  a 
Fiveffrom  which  he  has  not  yet  recovered  and 
T  Tear  will  not  be  able  to  encounter  the  Hard- 
Jos  of  the  Wildernefs,  which  his  Pbyfican  ad- 
vi(es  him  by  no  means  to  Attempt. 

Ath  About  everyDay  fince  our  Arriva!,have 
had  the  difagreeable  Sight  of  drunken  Indians 
.  ilaggering  through  th.  Streets  -as  this  s  the 
moft  frontier  Settlenier.tQf  the  ^^^Jf.  ^."^  jj^ 
chief  Place  of  Rendezvous  f .'^'\'^'%^jffi^/; 
Creatures  frcq-'^  nly  meet  tor  the  Sake  -of  a 
drunkc-a  Frolick.  . 


th.  Seven  Days  having  cxp 


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agreed  to  be  here,  and  heafibg  nothing  of  ham, 
determined  me  to  go  into  tnc  Woods  in  queft 
of  him,  and  having  procured  a  Man  acquainted 
with  the  VVooJs  to  go  with  me,  we  ftt  otK— ^ 
and  the  next  Day,  being  the  Sabbath,  wc  retted 
from  Journeying  ; — found  Comfort  »a  commit- 
ting myfclt  toGod,  Jto  be  his  and  at  his  Difpofal 
in  tht  Undertaking  before  me. 

'  •■    ,  *  ' 

8th;  After  twoDays  riding  through  -^n  un- 

r  habited  Wilderncfs,   we  came  tt)  an   Indian 

""•"iilagc  where  //e  found  Jofep^,  who  was  then 

burying  his  Grand  Child,  whofe  Death   had  prt* 

vented  his  Return  at  the  appointed  Time. 

i2th.  Went  back  to  Forl-Pitf,  in  hopes  to 
find  Mr,  Frifbie  fufficiently  recovered  to  acjcom- 
pany  me,  but  he  was  not  •,— his  Diforder  had 
left  him  too  feeble  and  weak  to  nrftike  the  At- 
tempt. ;  V  ,.  , 

14th.  The  Town  we  have  had  all  along  iri 
View,  on  Account  of  its  being  the  principal 
D^/ijwtfrtf  Town,  is  called  by  uicm  KekalmahpS' 
hoong  \  from  which  we  this  Da;  hadlnteiligesice 
by  an  Indian  Trader,  the  Head  Men  of  the  Na- 
tion were  all  at  Home,  and  as  the  Seafon  for  the 
Fall  Huating  was  now  approaching,  and  tlrcir 
Men  in  a  few  Weeks  weuld  difperfe  and  not  re^ 
tarn  before  the  Clofe  of  Winter  or  Beginning  of 
Spring  -,  I  was  at  a  lofs  what  to  do,  as  Mv.  Frif- 
hie  was  not  able  to  accompany  me,  and  to  tarry 
longer  for  him  would  brins  us  boo  far  into  the 


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Fall  Scafon  to  find  the  Indians  at  Home  % 
after  fcrious  Coiifideration  and  humbly  looking 
to  the  Father  of  Lights  for  Direaion,  1  thought 
it  D»ty  to  fct  oitt  and  encounter  the  Fatigues 
of  the  Savage  World  alone,  leaving  my  dear 
Companion  beiiind. 

The  Commander  of  the  Garrlfon  was  kind 
enough  to  give  Liberty  to  the  King's  Interpreter 
at  this  Station  to  go  with  me,  a  young  Gentle- 
man well  acquainted   with  the  Indians  among 
whom  he  had  been  Captive  fome  Years.— Hav^ 
ing  been   civilly  ajnd    hofpitably    treated,   and 
kindly  afliftcd  on  our  Way  by    fevcral  bcnevo- 
lent  Gentlemen  at  this  Place— I  fet  out  for  the 
Indian  Country  with  Jofcph  my  Interpreter,  and 
th    young  Man  above-mentioned,   and  croffing 
the  Ohio  oppofitc  to  the  Fori  we  came  to  an 
Indian  Ground,  and  after  journeying   fix  Pays 
in  the  Wildernefsv    through  a  fine  Country  xA 
Land  abounding  with  fmall  Hills,  well  water  d 
with  Rivers  and  Springs,  without  meetmg  with 
any  remarkable  Occurrences,  h?ving   Iccn   d«^  , 
about  half  a  Dozen  Mian  Huts  m  all  the  Way, 
we  came  in  Sight  of  Kekalemabpehoong,  lying  on 
the  South  Weft  Bank  of  the  Mujkingum, 

Through  a  good  Providence  we  were  fa- 
vour'd  with  fine  Weathef  through  the  Joorney. 
Our  Fort  ftieltered  us  frotw  the  Dews  winch  in 
the  Nights  of  the  warm  Seafon  fall  heavy  here, 
mnd  a  Bear  Skin  prevented  the  cold  Damps  Of 
ch^  Ground  from'  burring  us,  .ind  ±r  wi«d  l  ur- 


(    53    ) 


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kics  which  are  very  plenty  in  thcfc  Woods,  fop- 
plied  us  with  frcfh  Meat. 

Om  our  Arrival  we  had  the  Misfortune  to  find 
a  Number  of  the  Indians  in  Liquor.  I  was  con- 
dufted  to  the  King's  Houfe,  who  gave  rre  a 
kind  Reception  ;  a  Number  of  the  Counfellers 
foon  convened,  and  after  fmeking  their  Circle 
of  Pipes,  the  King  afkcd  my  Interpreter  whether 
King  GEORGE  had  fent  me— imagining,  Ifup- 
pofe,  that  no  one  below  the  King  would  prefume 
10  fend  to  him-^and  then  told  me  as  a  Number 
of  his  People  in  Town  were  druak,  they  would 
defer  hearing  my  Bufmefs  to  next  Day.  As 
Indians  are  remarkable  for  their  Hofpicdity,  they 
provided  me  a  comfortable  Houfe  to  live  in,  and 
(bmc  Provifions  to  fubfift  on. 

zid.  Tuesday.  To  Day  the  Indians  in 
Town  being  all  Ibber,  the  King  convened  his 
Head  Men  at  the  Council- Houfe  •,  I  was  con- 
dufted  in  by  one  of  the  Council— the  Houfe 
was  crowded  and  two  Council  Fires  burning, 
furrounded  with  the  poor  Tawny  immortals, 
after  I  had  rakcii  my  Seat,  the  Speaker  told  me 
the  King  was  ready  to  hear  what  I  had  to  fay. 
I  then  delivered  them  aSpcechof  half  an  Hour, 
the  Subftancc  of  which  is  as  follows  : 


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I  rejoice  my  Fathers  and  Brethren,  t^at  b^ 
the  Goodnefs  of  the  Great  Goo,  I  have  been 
preferved  through  a  long  Journey,  and  now 
fee  you,  and  have  this  Opportunity  to  let  you 

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Icnow  the  Reafons  of  my  coHiing-^^o  inforna 
you  by  whom  I  am  fcnt— and^^thc  inapartanr 
Bufinefe  on  which  I  am  come." 

*'  We,  the  Engli/h,  who  live  \n New  England^ 
who  have  been  inftruaed  in  the  great  Things 
of  Religion,  and  having  among  us  the  Word 
of  the  Great  God,  which   he   has  mercifully 
fent  down  from  above  to  point  out  to*  us  the 
Way  to  Heaven,  are  very  delirous  that  our 
Brethren  the  poor  Indians  (hould   alfo  coinc 
to  the  Knowledge  of  the  Tame,  and  be  happy. 
Several  Minifters  have  already  been  fent  a- 
mong  our  Brethren  the  Indians  from  Time 
to  Time,   and  the  Great  Being   has  blelTed 
their  Endeavours  in  many  Inilances,  we  hope, 
to  their   faving  good.     But   notwithflanding 
this,  the  Li^ht  of  God's  holy  Word  has  (prcad 
but  alittleWay  into  this  vaftWildernels  which 

our  Brethren  inhabit,  and  but  few  of  your 
Tribes  have  been  taught  the  great  Things  of 
Religion  ;  thofc  who  have  been  taught  them 
have  blefled  thcGreat  God  that  he  has  put  it 
into  thcHearts  of  the  Englifh  to  come  among 
them  to  preach  to  them,  the  holy  Religion. 

•'  The  great  Council  for  Religion,  my  Fa- 
thers and  Brethren,  have  often  fought  forMen 
difp«»fed  to  come  among  you  and  preach  Jesus 
Christ  the  great  Saviour  of  Sinners.  But 
__L .u^  #'^.,«a;x«  \c  of^«»H  who  will  eo  into 

the  Wildcrnefs  and   inftrua  our  Brethren, 
they  find  but  a  few  who  arc  able  to  bear  the 

^■'''-  ■       >  !'  t  augues 


4C 


<     S5     ) 

Fatigues  and  ,yardflnps  ot  the  Wildernefs, 
aod  who  ar£^  .willing  to  leave  their   native 

"  Land,  thcirji^elations  and  Friends,  and  come 

**'  and  live  a«iong  you.'* 

f«  The  good  Minifters  have  Cent  us,  my  Bre- 
H.thren,  and  we  feave  willingly  come.  Wc 
"  come  not  to  get  your  Lands  raor  your  Riches* 
«*.  nor  to  concern  ourfclves  in  your  worldly  Af- 
««  fairs— but  to  tell  you  the  Word  of  God  and 
♦*  of  Jefus  Chrift  the  Saviour  of  Sinners,  to  take 
•*  you  by  the  Band  and  lead  you  in  the  Way 
«  rp  Heaven." 

I  THEN  read  thenj  our  Commiffion  and  Let- 
ters Rccommendatory-^and  gave  them  a  flaort 
Hiftorical  Account  of  the  Iniian  Charity  S'cbQoI, 
under  the  Care  of  the  Reverend  Eleazar. 
Wheelock— of  the  Pains  taken  to  educate  the 
i«rf/jBJ— the  Succcfs  that  attended  his  Endea- 
vours in  mar>y  Ipainces— particularly  of  Rev'd. 
Mr.  Occom  and  the  prefent  Profpefts  of  the 
School— land  clofed  by  obferving* 

"  Thus,  Fathers  and  Brethren,  I  have  told 
«'  you  the  Bufiocfs  we  have  come  wpon— by 
^y  whom  we  are  fcnt— you  have  heard  our  In- 
t^  tention,  andifyou  incline  to  have  us  (lay  a- 
V  mong  you  and  preach  Jejus  Christ  to  you, 
«  we  (hall  be  gbd  to  ftay  and  live  with  you  a 
«*  great  while.-rBuc  if  you  choofe  not  to  he.ir 
*}  any  Thing  about  Religion,  and  think  it  not 
^*  bcft  foi"  us  10  live  with  you,  we   mui5.  uxn 

return 


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•*  return  Home  to  thofe   whc   fent   us  to  you, 
with  great  Sorrow  that  our^^Srcthrcn  would 


/  it 

it 


not  receive  us. 


f|- 


Having  finillicd  fpeaking  to  them,  the  Coun- 
^il  adjourned  to  the  next  Day.  I  retired  to  my 
Lodgings  well  piqafcd  with  the  feeming  Apprd:^ 
bation  they  manifcfted  at  the  Propofal,  affuring 
myfclf  df  a  fatourablq  Anfwer."^    The  next  Day 

"'  23d.  The  Council  met,  and  fent  for  me  to 
read  to  them  a  Letter,  they  had  received  from 
the  fakers  in  P$nnjylvan:a  ;  in  which  they  pro- 
mife  that  when  Minifters  or  Teachers  arc  fent 
4mong  them,  ihey  wouVi  fend  a  Certificate  by 
them,  by^whlch'ihcy  (the  Indians;  might  knoW 
them-,  this  Claufe  I  found  was  a  Bar  in  our 
Way!  as  we  had  not  this  Certificate.    '-  -^ 

24th.  The  next  Day  after  they  met  again  and 
fent  for  mt  to  read  to  them  a  Letter  they  had 
received  not  long  fince,  irom  a  Baptift  Minifttf 
in  the  Jerfiss^  in  which  were  ft\^eral  Propofals 
rcfpeftrng  their  Civil  Eft  ablifli men  r  ard  Proper- 
ty of  Lands,  theexpcdiCRcy  of  a  further  treaty 
of  Peace  with  the  Englijh,  &c.— Thofe  who  are 
bed  acquainted  with  Ihdian  Tempers,  and  know 
how  ftrong  their  Jcaloufies  afc,  ihit  the  WSriie 
People  in  all  the  Propofals  to  thcrti  aie  laying 
Schemes  to  get  their  Lands,  will  bebcft  able  io 
judge  of  the  propriety  of  fuch  a  Pr6ccdure,  Af- 
ter reading  it  the  Council  exprcfled  their  Jea- 
louncs,  and  obfet vcd  that  a  Minifter  fhould  not 


(  s7  y 

taUc  of  War,  Fighting  ar^  Lands-rbut  of  Hca* 
vtfn.  As  they  imagine  Minillers  are  all  in  ge- 
neral on  the  fame  Plan,  I  found  they  entertai*-. 
cd  the  fame  Jcaloalics  of  me,  and  the  Letter' 
prejudiced  thcmagainft  our  Offer.  Their  Land 
h  their  Idol  •,  and  their  Fears  arc  raifed  at  every: 
Propofal  however  beneficial  to  them,  that  at  thi^ 
Bottom  our  Defign  is  to  job  them  of  itj  an4 
bring  them  td  Subjcaion  and  Slavery  to.  the 
WhitePeoplc  which  they  dread  worfc  than  Deatk, 

Iw  the  Evening  one  of  the  Council  told  me,  I 
IP  aft  exercife  Patience,  till  they  were  ready  tp; 
give  me  an  Anfwer* 

s.         ■ 

24th.  The  Committee  met  again  y  was  in. 
iprm'd  fomeof  them  ftrongly  oppofed  receiving 
OS  ; — and  offered  fuch  Reafon?  as  the  following, 
'i-hat  the  Great  Being  did  not  intend  the  Religion 
of  the  White  People  Ihould  be  their's,  that  if  he' 
bad  intended  it,  he  would  have  let  them  known 
it  long  ago  ; — that  it  was  not  their  Intereft  to 
appear  fo  friendly  to  the  Vy hi te  People  who  had 
already  croudcd  too  faft  tipon  their  Land  and 
drove  them  from  their  Hunting  Ground  ; — that 
all  we  were  after  was  to  get  llieir  Lands  and 
bring  them  toSlavery  \ — that  the  EngHfiRtW- 
gion  would  bring  them  off  from  their  Knowledge 
and  Love  of  War,  and  then  they  ftiould  be  aa 
eafy  Prey  to  their  Enemies,  &c. 

•  25th.  and  26th.  They  ftill  continue  confult- 
iog  whether  I  ihall  ilay  amjng  theni*    In  the 


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■  (  58  ) 

mean  Time  tfcey  ftnt  fome  of  ^^fj^^^^^ 
10  the  neighbouring  Towni  to  knaw   tfceir  O. 

pinion. 

a7th.  Bung  the  Sabbsth,  I  feflt  Word  totbe 
KinK,  that  with  his  Liberty  I  would  fpeak  tpthc 
p^e  to  Day,  as  it  was  a  Day  the  Whue  I'eo 
Lfpent  in  waraiwing  the Gre,t  Being,  ihty 
Aet  in  the  Council  Houfe,  the   K>ng   and  rnoft 
S  the  C<«"cil  being   prefent.-I  d.fccurfed  to 
Setnpntbe  Nature  and  Duty  of  Prayer  and 
SeTprayed  with  them,  after  wh.ch  I  preached^ 
to  th?m  concerning  Jefus  Cbr^A  ef'jjj^^j 
fiiort  Hiftorical  Account  oihm,  and  fpoke  ot 
his  Suffering  for  Sin  ^--they  were  v^V  ^«  jn_uve 
to  what  was  faid  and  fome  were   afftacd.-^ln 
Se  Afternoon  Pleached  to  them   .gam  by  way 
of  Paraphrafc  on  the    Parable  of  the  Pfo  igal 
Son;  in  the  Application   of  which,  my   Inter- 
meter  was  much  afFeaed,  and  a  folem  awe  ap- 
Jear'd  in  the  Affembly.     After  Sermon  rettrea, 
W  my  Houfe,  humbly  trufling  in  the  Divine 
Bleffing  to  fucceed  the  Word,  and  endeavouring 
to  commit  myfelf  and  the  Caufe  to  God. 


aqth.  Tuesday.  The  Council  ftiH  fct  and 
•ave  no  Anf«er  whether  I  fhould  flay.— In  the 
Ivenmz  two  of  the  Head  MeA  came  to  njy 
Houfe,  and  fpoke  to  the  following  Furpofe  : 

««  Brother,  v>benyeufpoke  teusyoutoldus,w 

now  we  IhBuld  he  glad  to  know  what  bm  ts,  that  we 
may  know  zvbat  to  repenf  cf:\  ^  said 


we 


i     69-    ) 

X  SAID  1  was  very  glad  to  find  fudh'  a  l>tfp%" 
fitlon  in  them,  and  would  tcU  thcnn  the   next 
Day.     This  I  thought  in  the  Time  of  ix  was  ve« 
ry  cncoaraging  though  afterwards  1  found  they 
had  more  Policy  than  Goodnefs  in  the  Rt  queiJ, 

goih.  Wet^nesday.  To  Day  1  was  to  fpeak 
to  them  on  Sin,  and  explain  it  m  all  Branchy 
for  the   good  Purpofc,  as  they  faid,  that  th^ 
ipight  forfakc  it  •,  but  unfortunately   laft  Even- 
ing two  Caggs  of  Rum  came   to  Town,  whick 
fruttrated  the  good  Defign  and  in  an  Hour's 
Time  very  much  altered  the  Scene.     By  Mid- 
night great  Part  of  the  Indians  were  drunk,  and 
their  Yells  and  Noifes  in  Dancing  and  Fighting 
round  my  Houfe,  added  to  the  Horrors  of  the 
Darknefs  and  feemed  to  give  a  ftriking  Refcm- 
biance  of  a  more  dreadful  Region.     Through  a 
good  Providence  none  entered  my  Houfe  in  tte 
Night,  though  I  cxpeaed  them  in  every  Mo- 
ment s^-what  my  Feelings  were    through  the 
Night  I  can  better  conceive  than  exprefs.     The 
Pay  Light  prefented  me  with  the  difagreeable 
Sight  of  the   grcateft  Part  of  the  Inhabitants, 
M«n  and  Women  reeling  over  the  Green;-— I 
ad vifcd  feme  that  I  faw  lober,  to  keep  clear  from 

the  pernicious  Liqwor they   promifcd  they 

would,  but  theTemptation,  I  found  baffled  their 
flrongeft  Refolutions.  The  King  was  kind  c- 
.nough  td  come  and  take  Breakf aft  with  me,  and 
feemed  forry  at  the  Conduft  of  his  Subjeds. 
Soon  after  Brcakfaft,  a  flout  drunken  inuiafi^ 
".^  .  prompted 


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^fon^^ted  by  rhc  DivH  and  his  own  native  Ma- 
lice, for  I  h^d  never  fpokc  to  him,  purfucd  npie 
With  a  Club  •» — but  through  the  kind  Frotcdion 
of  Heaven  I  efcaped  his  brutal  Rage. — Imagin- 
ing my  (lay  in  town  would  be  dangerous,  from 
the  revengeful  Appearance  of  fevcral  of  thole 
Sons  of  Bacchus^  I  got  my  Horfe  and  rode  to 
||neighbooriRg  Village,  intending  to  day  there 
til)  the  Indians  in  Town  fhould  exhauft  their 
Runt.  On  nay  Arrival  at  the  Villaffc  I  found 
thent  beginning  to  drink  there,  and  I  began  to 
think  Safety  was  no  where  to  be  foirad  ;  howc- 
ter,  my  Interpreter  found  a  fober  Houfe  and 
there  we  tarried  till  towards  Sun  fet* 

How  lamthtable  ts  thcSitu^tion  of  thcfe  poor 
Creatures  !  How  deftrc*(flivc  to  their  Bodies  and 
their  Souls/is  this  murderingRum  !  How  much» 
alas !  will  thofe  hardned  People  who  convey  it 
anwngthcm,  have  to  anfwcr  for  when  thq  Blood 
of  thcfe  poor,  ignorant  Savages,  who  by  their 
Means  are  daily  reeling  down  to  Hell,  (hall  be 
reqtiired  at  ibeir  HandSi 

Having  refrefliedcAirfelvcs^Ith fomc roafted 
Venifjn  andSquafhcs  vft  fet  out  from  the  Village 
and  leturncd  to  Town  in  Hopes  of  finding  the' 
Indians  quiet.  Very  fortunately,  the  King^who 
had  kept hinnftif  R^ber  today,  ordered  the  Re^ 
friiinder  of  the  Rurti  to  be  carried  out  of  Town  ; 
a^d  on  our  Arrival  we  had  the  fatistaftion  to  fee 
Ihe  greater  Part  of  the  drunken  Indians,  walk*- 
Ing  in  a  String  up  the  River>  following  theRuni 
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and  finging  ai  they  went,  wkh  an  Intention  to 
fee  the  laft  of  it :  and  the  Town  was  left  prettr 
peaccaidlc 

FouNB  it  a  comforiing  corrdeTatio*  that  God 
governs  the  World  and  tias  thcRagcof  theHc^^ 
then  under  his  Controul ;— and  into  his  Hands 
cbdeavoured  to  commit  my  fel^  who  is  a  Rock 
and  hiding  Place  to  all  who  truft  lo  hiip,  « 

OSlsher  ift,  Thursday.  The  Indians  gave  ys 
no  Difturbancc  laft  N-ight  -,  and  this  Morning 
I  was  rery  glad  to  find  the  Rum  aU  go»ne  &  tha 
Indians  again  fobci*.  Some,  I  am  informed  arc 
I  to  day  laid  up  fick  in  Confcquencc  of  the 
•  Wounds  and  Bruifcs  chey  received  yefl^rday 
from  their  drunken  CpmpanioBs.*'* 

They  had  not  forgot  the  Requcft  fomeof 
them  inade  laft  Tucfday  j-^and  accordingly  at 
Noon  a  Number  of  them  m-et  at  the  Cpuncil* 
Houfe^  I  told  them  I  was  glad  they  had  manifeC- 
ted  a  Defire  co  know  what  Sin  was,  and  thati 
had  then  an  Opportunity  to  tell  them  what  It 
was.— As  they  had  themfelves  defired  me  to 
preach  to  thena  on  that  Subje6t,  I  fpoke  wit(* 
Freedom  and  concealed  nothing  that  I  look'd 
upon  belonging  to  the  Subje^,  for  Fear  of  b«.- 
ipg  afterwards accufjed  by  th^,  of  mifr^prefcnt- 

iog 

t  Doabi!eft  many  more  Mprdcrt,  thao  now  tfc,  would  b$ 
coflimiited  among  thein,  if  it  was  oot  as  iDyariable  Coftoaiio 
liKir  draokeo  Fro^licks,  for  §  Dombcr  of  tben  to  |icep  fobcr, 
ilh»re  BGrmert  is»  to  take  the  iMg  Knives  &  Tm  kAVtl: 
fromOfhera  pheo  ihey  arc  iiegiooinfi  to  drlok^  faa  io  f<c|^ 
dienif  whcD  drank,  fron  doiog  Miictucf. 


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ing  the  Matter.  I  fpokc  to  them  chiefly  on  ct- 
ternal  Immoralities  and  Sins  which  tie  Light  of 
Nature  and  Reafon  coiidemncd  ; — ray  Subjcdl 
was  drawn  mainly  from  the  Catalogue  of  Sins 
recorded  in  the fir(l  Chapter  of  the  ii>'/^/tf  to  the 

Romans  : Spoke  largely  on  iheSin  of  Drun- 

kcnneff,  as  that  was  frclh  in  their  Memories, 
and  on  Fornication  which  I  found  was  Ihock- 
ingly  comrrton  among  them. 

After  Sermon  I  wiihdrcw  and  Jcteph  tarriid 
with  them.  One  of  the  Council  obfervcd  to 
him  th''t  if  all  ihofc  Things  were  Sins,  which  I 
hM  mthtioned,  he  believed  there,  was  no  one 
p<&rfe6t  •,— and  another  afkcd  him  why  I  had 
f|;ioke  to  -him  altogerher,  and  cold  hiih  every 
thihg  he  had  been  guihy  of. 

One  of  the  Council  to  day  alked  me,  if  there 
w€te  any  more  Sins  befidcs  thofe  I  had  menti- 
oned :— I  told  hirti  there  were  many  more; 
teUj  fjays  he,  we  would  chufc  to  tiear  them  all  5 
and  they  appointed  the  next  Day  to  hear  more 
On  the  Subjedl,  Sinr  f 

2d.  pRiDAir. 

f  Froti  their  GonduA  for  a  few  Dayi  pall*  it  appeared  eti* 
dint,  that  their  Dtfiga  io  rcquefliog  mc  to  gife  ibem  a  Defi- 
ciuoD  of  Sw),  WIS  to  (iod  out  what  Picgi  they  nioft  c^epe&d 
o^n  reiioqu  fh  Dg  Ihould  they  rcceire  xhtChrifitanRtii^hnw 
Thttr  opeft  Viccf ,  I  did  ont  ifiteod  to  cfiter  apoo,  aoiif  It 
bid  ^o  With  ihcm  fome  Time,  aod  broaght  them  oft  by 
Di%ftt%  to  ad  Abhotreijce  of  them  ;  bat  ai  ihe'^    had  iofifted 

i&oi7^t  myftlf  bbattd  ia  Fiithfoioefl  so  tlie  Ciofe  tdd«  it. 


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ti.  Friday.  The  Indians  agiin  met,  and  a» 
thev  defired  it,  I  fpoke  on  the  fame  Sbbjea  n 
we  were  upon  Yetterday,  though  more  particu- 
larly on  the  Sins  of  the  Heart,  and  obfervcd  that 
the  Sins  of  Thought  as  w.H  as  ot  Aftion  wef6 
taken  Notice  of  by  the  Great  Being  and  were 
very  difpleafing  to  him-The  Audience  were 
fmall  and  attentive.  After  Sermon, J^r^f*  who 
is  much  engaged  in  recommending  Rel'8'on  «<» 
his  Brethren,  tarried  and  convc.fed  with  them 

fome  Time. 

They  ft.ll  confulting  refpeaing  tny  flaying 
with  them.  It  gave  me  Pain  to  find  fo  mUch 
Oppofition  in  Town,  to  a  Propolal  fo  benevo- 
lent and  calculated  for  their  temporal  and  eter- 

nal  Benefit. Heard  daily   of  the  malicious 

Speeches  and  groundlefs  Jea'.ouQes  of  the  poor 

deluded  Inhabitants  againft  our  t'ropoJal. 

cjd.  Satorday.  They  give  me  an^Opportu- 
nity  to  preach  again  to  day  ;  though  the  Affein- 
blv  was  fmall.  confidering  how  numerous  the 
Indians  are  here,  t  As  a  proper   Appendix  to 

wnat 

t  Thif  Town  (which  ii  Mil  ed  by  xhtJaiUnt  Xita'imab- 
pL.g.  and  by  ih*  E^fm.  N,v.  Comm  Tawn)  conM.  of 
.boat  fix>y  D^IIir-B  Houfei.   made  of  Logf  or  BiHc,  aoi 

"con    in.  .bo«.oo.  Hnodred  ?»»»«•  .J'«':/»";'"',h*.'S 

•   ctoetally  «ry  fmall.  not  ba»ir.g.  one  with  .noiber,  moi«  than 

f"o  w  Ihree  C^ildr.a  in  each  Family  :-At«l  fo  roTBgi 

People  are  they  .hat  never,  unlef.  upon   fome  exiraord.oaiy 

Oc    fion.  fochl  .heir  annual  and  fnn.ral  ^",««  '"  ^P^/? 
-  •  •   w»r,U"  »odo«atOo«.  more » to  tall  tb-clBhabf 


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^titthty  had  heard  of  the  Evil  of  Sin,  I  fpokc 
with  Freedom  and  Plainncfs  on  the  Satisfaaion 
of  Chrill. — that  it  was  fufficient  for  the  Pardon 
of  all  oiJr  Sins,  and  i.ififted  on  the  Ncccfljty  of 
Repentance  towards  God  and  Faith  in  our  LoIbid 
Jesus  Chrjst.  Seteral  were  afTcdlcd.  After 
Sermon  jofepb  tarried  and  fpoke  to  his  Brethren, 
ort  the  Neccflity  of  their  receiving  the  Gofpel  i 
and  told  them  fome  Truths  which  came  with 
great  Freedom  and  Propriety  from  him  who  is 
one  of  their  own  Iribe^  and  which,  confidering 
their  Jealoufies,  I  thought  it  npt  proper  for  mc 
to  fay  any  tiling  about.  WKf  t  he  moft  ihfifted 
was  the  Certainty  of  their  Ruin  without  Religi- 
on i  and  finally  told  theih,  unlefs  ih^y  received 
the  Gofpel  aacl  lived  like  whUe  People,  Gob 
would  cut  them  off  as  he.haid  done  their  Forefa- 
ibers^  and  give  the  fine  Country  of  the  Mu/kingum 
which  they  now  inhabit,  to  a  People  that  would 
forve  and  worlhip  him.  They  all  hung  their 
Heads  and  made  no  reply.  This  I  thought 
^oodjofepb  told  them  with  a  kind  of  JPhrophetic 
fpirit^  and  if  wcmay  argu'^  the  future  Conduct 
of.divine  Providence  from  the  paft,  is  what  per- 
haps we  may  foon  fee  accompUftied. 

4th.  Sabbath. 

taots  arc  10  ToicD  9t  ^r.^  Time.  Many  Familici  of  them,  io 
the  Summer  Se^foo  Site  io  the  Wooc^t  «nd  remove  from 
P'tcc  to  PUcc,  ^hcTc  tlif y  can  find  the  beft  Htrotiog  ;— ibcy 
buiid  tbeafe^vd  a  Booth  6f  Bark  for  a  Shelter  wherever  they 
halt,  and  10  tbc^Fsll  reiorn  to  the  Towo  where  ihey  Wioicr, 
Tbit  rOving  Diig^iitioD  which  it  a  kind  of  fecond  Natorc  ill 
ihQfii,i}8>  always  bceo  fcocd  •  gr^at  Bir  id  th«  Way  tocbrir 
itao'zc  them. 


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|th.  Sabbath.  Preached  to  day  to  about 
forty  Indians,cndeavourcd  to  Anfwcr  an  Objec- 
tion which  is  generally  retained  among  them  i 
—that  the  cbn^ian  Religion  or  the  Bible  was  not 
intended  for  Indians,  but  only  for  the  white 
People.  After  Sermon,  in  Converfatfon^pne  of 
the  Council  objeaed,  that  he  did  ..ot  know- 
whether  it  was  beft  for  them  to  receive  thi 
Englifi  Religion,  "  for  the  white  People,  fays 
*»  ne, who  are  acquainted  with,and  who  fay  they 
*«  are  ehriftian8,are  worfe  than  the  word  of  :., 
««  and  we  had  rather  be  what  we  are,  thin  fuch 
«  as  they  are."  This  Objedion,  1  thought, 
had  Weight  in  it.  yojepb  undertook  to  anfwtr 
his  Countrymen,  and  told  thcna,  that  '^^mtever 
thofe  Men  they  fpoke  of  might  call  ihen^f-lves, 
he  could  affure  them,  they  were  bo  Chrl.lians^ 
foi  their  Condu6t  was  very  contrary  to  the  Con- 
duft  of  Chrilii;ir.s  and  to  the  Word  of  God  j 
that  if  thofc  Men  they  fpoke  of,  (hould  go  a- 
hiongChriftians,they  would  not  admit  thcna  into 
their  chriftian  Societies,  &Cw 

5th, Monday.  TheCownc'.l  fcnt  forme  to 
give  me  a  final  AUffwet  After  taking  a  Seat, 
one  of  the  Counfellors,  in  the  Name  of  the/Cmf  * 
iiclivcred  the  following  laconic  Speech . 

"  Mv  Brother,  I  a.-i  glad  you  have  come  a- 
mong  us  from  fuch  a  great  Diftante,  and  that 
we  frc  each  other,  and  rejoice  that  we  have  h^d 


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»n  Opportunity  to  hear  you  preach,  fincc  yo5i 
We  Been  here.  My  Brother,  yoo  will  now 
,eturn  Home  again  from  whence  you  cam?, 
and  when  you  get  there  give  my  L  ove  to  thole 
that  fcnt  you.       I  have  doncfpeaking. 

I  was  furprifed  at  this  Anfwer,  and  in  Reply 
told  them  I  was  very  forry  they  rcjeded  a.i  Offer 
'hat  was  only  intended  and  fo  well  calculated 
for  iheir  Good. 

» 

After  convei fing  with  them  Corp?  Time^I 
afted  :hefB  what  Rcafon  we  Ihould  offer  to  the 
good  Men  who  lent,  why  they  would  not  re- 
cciveus.Oneof  theCounc.1  m  an .n-natu.dToDC 
gave  me  to  underftand,  that  tney  did  not  like 
ihe  white  Beop'.e's  fettling  upon  the  O^.^  ;  and 
that  it  was  necelTary  thattheCha.nof  Pr^ndftip 
between  King  GecngeznA  them  fho*ld  be  made 
more  firma/a  Ihong  before  they  could  receive 
the  E»glif^  10  mych  into  Favour  as  to  receive 
their  Religion.        . 

THEencoiiragino  Ptofpeas  now  aU  vanifhed, 
and  the  Door  Icemed  quite -fhut  up  and  their  dc- 
cifivc  Anfwerleft  me  no  ROo.-n  to  propofc  tar- 
rying or  retUFoinji  to  them  :  However  I  told 
them  that  Mr.  Fri/l^ie  and  I  propofed  to  ftay  in 
the  backParts  oiPennjyvania  till  the  nexiSpring, 
and  that  if  they  (hould  then  think  favourabe  of 

•  our  FiTpofal  .-ind  would  let  us  know  it,  perha^ps 

*  v.-  ^i^ht  re;urn  to  them..  A vte^ 


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,.  Aft»r  obtaining  Liberty  t^  ftay  in  Town  9 
few  bays  longer,  not  knowing  but  in  the  mean 
Time  the  Matter  would  take  a  difFerent  Turpt 
$C  Heaven  fee  fit  to  alter  theirDifjpofuion  towards 
!^eligion,  tookLeavc  of  the  Council,  and  retired 
Xp  Rfiy  Hoijfe  much  difheartncd. 

I  find  them  full  of  Jeaioufics  and  Sufpicioui  % 
and  the  Influence  and  Condud  of  fome  had  Msn 
have  very  much  corrupted  their  Morals  and 
prejudiced  therri  again ftC-^W/^r^wO',  and  who  are 
fnftrumefital  in  propagating  all  theJ:^iV^j  and  few 
or  noRC  of  thcVirtues  of  the  whitePcopie  among 
the  poor  Heathen,  §0,  vicious  are  they  thac 
there  is  little  Hop?  of  fuccecding  in  Attempts 
to  Chriftianize  thofe  fouthern  Indians,  until  a 
Stop  is  put  to  the  vaft  Floods  of  Rum  which  are 
yearly  conveyed  into  their  Countryjtheexccffive 
Ufe  of  whicKopens  a  Dcor  to  every  Evil. 

<3ttH.  Friday.  The  Indians  I  found  ftilJ  ad* 
kered  to  their  Rcrol^tion,and  finding  my  Stay 
among  them  longer  would  be  difagreeablc,  I 
fetout  with  an  Intention  to  return  by  a  nearer 
Courf  ihan  we  came,  arid  after  traveling  five 
Pays  thro*  the  Wildemefs,  having  cro Scd  the 
Ohio  about  fixty  miles  by  thcCourfe  of  thcRivcr 
below  FoN-Fit(,  I  arrived  there  and  had  the 
Pleafure  to  find  my  Companion  recovered  from 
his  Sicknefs  :  And  at  the  iarnea  Importunity 
€jf  the  ifepple  we  fpent  f^vcnMonths  Itencradng 

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^oagthe  vacant  Setdotnepts  '^.eft  '<^^  ^- 

wm  and  very. defuo^s  to  Have  Minifters  fettled 
aojoBg  them.  Hearing  Rothipg  in,the  meanTjme, 
from  the  "  hdianf,  to  encouragp  us  to  make  a 
fccond  Attempt,  We  fet  out  for  New-^gland 
V»herewc.at  laft  arrivwli  hay.ing.  e?CRectcpced 
inueh  of  the  divineGoodners  thjoughi  tJie  whole 
Journey.  '  . 

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